Wildlife handlers captured a huge monitor lizard after it wandered into the hotel basement in Thailand. Animal rescuers rushed to the resort in Ayutthaya when a terrified guest spotted the reptile ...

Wildlife experts in Georgia are urging locals to keep on the lookout for any four-foot-long lizards wandering around the ...

Discovering unique monitor lizard behavior in the wild ...

Talk about a lounge lizard. An Asian Water Monitor lizard — the second largest in the world — shocked an Arizona man when it took an uninvited swim in his backyard pool. “It almost sounded like a ...

"I didn't know if it was venomous, if it was going to attack me,” Eric Johnson said of the encounter Eric Johnson/Facebook Arizona man Eric Johnson found a giant lizard swimming in his backyard pool ...

If your social feeds haven’t introduced you to Big Al yet, get ready. A zoo in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, just dropped what might be the most chaotic and delightful reptile content of the year — and ...

Invasive species, like the Burmese pythons and green iguanas, wreak havoc on Florida's ecosystems. But an invasive lizard is garnering extra attention and giving Floridians and their pets more to ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Invasive Nile monitor lizards are carnivorous, can grow over six feet long, and are considered dangerous to humans and pets. Most of the over 2,000 sightings have occurred in South Florida, ...

Invasive, carnivorous Nile monitor lizards are a dangerous problem in South Florida. These lizards can grow up to six-and-a-half feet long and pose a threat to small pets and native wildlife. Most ...

Wildlife officials urge residents not to approach the lizard and to report sightings immediately Getty Nile monitors, unlike iguanas, are highly adaptable to sudden drops in temperatures The invasive ...

What do Nile monitor lizards look like? Nile monitors are olive green to black in color and have cream-colored or yellow stripes on the jaw and head. They have rows of yellowish, V-shaped stripes ...