Nile monitor lizards are dangerous, invasive predators in Florida. Here's where they are in the state and what to do if you ...

Green iguanas are mostly plant-eaters. Nile monitors are carnivores that actively hunt vertebrate prey. Monitors are bulkier, with longer necks, narrower snouts and thicker, more muscular tails. They ...

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.

Like other invasive species, including Burmese pythons and green iguanas, it’s legal to humanely kill Nile monitors on private property without a permit, with landowner permission, or on one of 32 ...

Wildlife officials urge residents not to approach the lizard and to report sightings immediately ...

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

Monitor lizards are often confused with common house lizards. At first glance, both have long bodies, sharp claws and ...

Seeing a large monitor lizard inside or around your home can be frightening. These reptiles are strong, fast, and can grow several feet long depending on the species. In tropical and subtropical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DOUGLAS, Mass. (WWLP) – The elusive water monitor lizard named Goose, missing since mid-July, has once again resurfaced, this time ...

WEBSTER, Mass. (WWLP) – A 5-foot water monitor lizard that has been missing for a week in Webster, Massachusetts, has been spotted across the state line into Connecticut. The missing lizard named ...