The News-Press and Naples Daily News are doing a special series on Dirty Jobs in Southwest Florida. Today we are taking a closer look at iguanas, more specifically, the people who catch them. Iguana ...
While many who live in south Florida see iguanas as vermin, nuisance animals or even a tasty meal, others are interested in keeping them as pets or selling them. Catching and selling iguanas caught in ...
Sometimes plunging in headfirst and barehanded is just the most efficient way to nab the nuisance lizard, says Mike Kimmel, ...
Any Floridian south of Lake Okeechobee knows there’s only one way to gauge a cold front, and it’s by the number of iguanas falling from the heavens. Though it might seem like one of the biblical ...
Catching one iguana feels like a win… catching hundreds feels like stepping into a full-blown invasion zone. They ran across walls, dove into canals, and dropped from branches right as we approached.
Florida now allows the capture and sale of invasive green iguanas, reversing a 2021 ban. Iguanas can be killed humanely on private property with landowner permission, but firearm regulations vary ...