Expert issues warning over dangerous creature wrecking havoc across state: 'Sharp teeth, strong jaws, and sharp claws'

In the Sunshine State and beyond, the spread of invasive species threatens native animals. The FWC reports that monitors may ...

Zoo Buddy: Nile Monitor Lizards!

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Meet Rah! He’s a Nile monitor lizard at the Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo in Monroe. They’re known ...
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Giant lizard abandoned in vacant Alameda home turns out to be 7-foot Nile monitor

Alameda police were recently called to a home where the former tenants had reportedly left behind a large Komodo dragon. When police arrived, it turned out to be a young ornate Nile monitor - a lizard ...

Officers find giant lizard with ‘powerful bite’ in empty Northern California home

The lizard is now at the East Bay Vivarium reptile shop, police said. Alameda is about 10 miles east of San Francisco. Ornate ...

Giant lizard left behind by tenants at vacant Alameda home

Alameda police were recently called to a home where the former tenants had reportedly left behind a large Komodo dragon.
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Are monitor lizards native to Arizona? Here's what we know about the reptile

After a large monitor lizard was recently liberated from a storm drain on the side of Loop 101 in Phoenix, people began to wonder what monitors are and whether they belong in Arizona. A monitor lizard ...

Giant lizard left behind by tenants in vacant Bay Area home

A young Ornate Nile Monitor supposedly left behind by the former tenants in an Alameda, Calif., residence looks out of a ...