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

There is a variety of ways that monitor lizards hunt and obtain food. Sometimes they actively hunt for food, during the day, searching for prey; other times they will wait patiently and sabotage prey ...

JESSICA. THE SEARCH HAS REALLY CAPTURED THE MINDS OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THIS AREA. HE HAD BEEN MISSING FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS, BUT HE WAS FOUND IN THIS FOREST OVER THE WEEKEND. HERE’S A LOOK AT GOOSE, THE ...

Aug. 4 (UPI) --A 5-foot-long water monitor lizard named Goose has been captured in Massachusetts after leading authorities on a 2-week chase through two states. Goose, who escaped from a Webster home ...

Wildlife officials said they had captured an escaped water monitor Saturday, ending a two week dragnet for the fugitive lizard that at one point crossed the Massachusetts-Connecticut border. Webster ...

The Nile monitor is an invasive, aggressive lizard species established in parts of Florida. These large lizards can grow over 6 feet long and are skilled swimmers and climbers. While not venomous, ...

A water monitor lizard that escaped from a home in Massachusetts last week has been spotted in Connecticut. The Town of Thompson, Connecticut, posted on Facebook Friday that the water monitor 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.

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

A massive, 5-foot-long lizard, presumed to be an Asian water monitor, was seen scurrying around a busy road in western Florida recently. "He’s huge," Renee Aland can be heard saying in video she ...

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 ...