Green iguanas are mostly plant-eaters. Nile monitors are carnivores that actively hunt vertebrate prey. Monitors are bulkier, ...

Goose the water monitor, a large lizard that captivated many in Massachusetts and beyond while he was on the lam from a home in Webster for two weeks, got his closeup at a news conference on Monday ...

A water monitor loose in Webster is putting reptiles and non-native species in focus. Webster authorities urge the public to report it, but no to touch or try to catch it. A species not suited for ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. July 11 (UPI) --Reptile experts were called in to assist the Arizona Department of Public Safety when a 4- to 5-foot monitor ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A photo of Goose the water monitor in a transport habitat following a press conference announcing his capture at the Webster ...

Trey Smoak’s roughneck monitor lizard was out of his sight for about 10 minutes Friday when the Crowley resident went to put up groceries. When Smoak opened the front door the cage was still outside, ...

PHOENIX — The Department of Public Safety had an unusual assignment on Loop 101 near 7th Street Wednesday morning: a monitor lizard was wandering around on the shoulder of the freeway. Arizona ...

Goose’s agent sure is earning his paycheck. Goose, the escaped lizard from Webster who had his own perp walk and coinciding press conference last month, will soon have an around-the-clock livestream ...

Not your average commuter! Troopers & @ArizonaDOT responded to calls about a large monitor lizard walking along EB Loop 101 in Phoenix this morning. They kept an eye on it until @PhoenixHerp arrived ...

“Goose gets his last dose of medicine today,” said Mack Ralbovsky, vice president of Rainforest Reptile Shows Friday, Sept. 19 on the recovery of the water monitor lizard that led Central ...