Florida residents are no strangers to invasive reptiles, from the iguanas that fall out of trees in the winter, to the Burmese Pythons slithering through the Everglades. However, one species has been ...

Powerful, carnivorous Nile monitor lizards are expanding through South Florida's canal systems, with sightings climbing sharply, according to wildlife officials.

Florida residents are no strangers to invasive reptiles. But this 6-foot-long African lizard poses an especially big threat.

Florida wildlife officials and researchers say Nile monitors, large predatory lizards native to sub-Saharan Africa, have ...

The U.S. Geological Survey calls the 6-foot reptile one of the largest and most dangerous invasive lizards in the U.S. Wildlife officials urge residents not to approach the reptile and to report ...

Nile monitors are spreading through canals, stressing native nests. Florida expands removal rules and urges fast sighting ...

The state of Florida's 'Dirty Dozen' invasive species list recently got an update, adding three new species to the list and remove three that pose less of ...

Wildlife biologists and trappers in Florida say Nile monitors are an up-and-coming invasive species that threatens native wildlife.

Thousands of animals are being stuffed into toys and electrical goods by criminals cashing in on the market for rare pets.

Police found a young ornate Nile monitor lizard inside a vacant Alameda home. Alameda Police Department Officers dispatched to investigate a report of a “Komodo dragon” inside a vacant Northern ...

Officers dispatched to investigate a report of a “Komodo dragon” inside a vacant Northern California home probably weren’t sure what to expect. The officers found a young ornate Nile monitor had been ...

This animal's armor has upended a key law of evolution For more than a century, biologists assumed that the bony plates embedded in the skin of lizards – like natural chain mail – were an ancient ...