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If you liked this story, share it with other people. Sometimes words fall hopelessly short. This might explain the silences between the two botanists as their vehicle crunches over a gravelly ...

Green iguanas arrived to South Florida in the 1960s. 132 Argentine black and white tegu lizards were seen in St. Lucie County in 2021. Burmese pythons have been spotted on the Treasure Coast at ...

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