An up-close encounter with one of nature’s most fascinating reptiles — learning about monitor lizards while safely catching and studying one in the wild. Nancy Guthrie update: Range Rover SUV seized ...

Editor's note: We've updated this story with new information. Since last November, when a prehistoric-looking shoebill landed on a tour boat in Uganda and appeared to dwarf observers, the birds have ...

South Florida is already home to iguanas, crocodiles, and alligators, and all manner of dangerous animals (looking at you, Burmese pythons), but few likely know we also have dragons. Invasive species ...

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 ...

Rideemaliyadda Police have initiated investigations to arrest four suspects who killed a monitor lizard and roasted it over an open fire.The suspects had laid a trap and killed the iguana for meat and ...

Read full article: ‘Really terrifying:’ This mushroom could quietly invade Florida if we’re not careful A short-spined thrip, also known as Thrips parvispinus (original photo by L.S. Osborne) Read ...

FLORIDA – 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 ...

For invasive reptile hunters in Florida, there’s another predatory lizard on the radar. Nile monitors, native to Africa, are populating parts of the Sunshine State, and they can now be killed ...