STRATHMERE – The Schiavo Library will host a “Traveling Turtles” program with the Wetlands Institute at 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 18 at the library parking lot in Strathmere.

Nile monitor lizard burrows can rack up millions of dollars in damage to infrastructure such as sidewalks and seawalls.

This Everglades invasive predator has successfully made this area its home, and it's a big problem.