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.

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 ...

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

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

WEBSTER, Mass. — A community in Massachusetts is on the lookout for Goose. But Goose is not a bird; it’s a water monitor lizard with an avian name. Goose, a 5-foot-long lizard, escaped his home in ...

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 ...

A local animal control agency is asking the public for help after a water monitor was reported to be on the loose in Webster, Massachusetts. The large lizard, which has been loose for two days, was ...

8/2/25 UPDATE: The water monitor has been safely captured, officials said Saturday. A massive lizard that recently escaped from an area home was spotted this week in a southern Massachusetts town.