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 ...

Authorities intercepted hundreds of snake and turtle skins intended for the wildlife trade, including 445 python skins, at a ...

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

Nile monitors are classified as invasive and are not protected in Florida except under anti-cruelty laws, according to the ...

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 ...

Getty Image I swear, Florida is the land of invasive species. As if the green iguanas and Burmese pythons were not enough to wreak havoc, the Sunshine State now has another invasive species to contend ...

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 ...

Think about someone you’d call a friend. What’s it like when you’re with them? Do you feel connected? Like the two of you are in sync? In today’s story, we’ll meet two friends who have always been in ...

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ALL RIGHT, ANTHONY, THANK YOU. A TOWN IN MAINE IS ASKING ITS RESIDENTS TO LOOK OUT FOR A LIZARD ON THE LOOSE. THEY BELIEVE IT’S A TEGU WHICH HAVE SHARP TEETH AND CLAWS. THEY SAY IT WAS SPOTTED ...

Aug. 6 (UPI) --Massachusetts Environmental Police shared video from the capture of Goose, the 5-foot water monitor lizard who spent nearly two weeks on the loose. Police said on social media that ...