While many Providence residents woke up on Jan. 27 to a pristine sheet of snow outside their windows, Providence resident Frank Hardy was greeted by something different: an injured tegu — a type of ...

Lizards are famous for their strange ability to lose their own tails. This ability is called tail autotomy, a survival strategy in which a lizard voluntarily detaches its own tail. While this ...

The historic cold front that sent temperatures plummeting to record or near-record lows precipitated a lot of "frozen" iguanas falling from trees in South Florida. Although the invasive lizards may ...

The reptile, a tegu, had frostbite and showed signs of weakness from exposure in this week’s cold weather. It was unclear where it came from. By Aimee Ortiz A Rhode Island man digging out his driveway ...

WASHINGTON — A Rhode Island man shoveling his driveway after last week's massive winter storm made a shocking find: a big lizard trying to crawl out of the snow. The lizard, later identified as a tegu ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Wildlife officials say a “lizard in a blizzard” has been rescued after a man discovered the large cold-blooded reptile buried in snow in Rhode Island, somehow surviving the ...

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A Providence man rescued a three-foot tegu lizard he found in the snow after a major storm. The man warmed the cold-blooded reptile before contacting a local pet store for professional help.

It’s not uncommon for nor’easters to rain cats and dogs. But now one Providence man can say he’s seen it snow lizards. Frank Hardy, a 54-year-old construction worker, woke up Tuesday morning to survey ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A Providence man looking out the window after Sunday night’s snowstorm spotted an unexpected visitor just outside his home: an exotic lizard. The New England Wildlife Center ...

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