The exotic pet trade has become an alarming trend, driven largely by social media and wildlife encounters that blur the lines between wild animals and household pets. According to John Di Leonardo, ...

OLDSMAR, Fla. (WFLA) — As soon as Lisa Strout saw the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission come up on her phone on Tuesday, she put everything down and headed out. “Yeah, it’s exciting,” ...

After a large monitor lizard was recently liberated from a storm drain on the side of Loop 101 in Phoenix, people began to wonder what monitors are and whether they belong in Arizona. A monitor lizard ...

Archie, the monitor lizard liberated from the side of a freeway on Wednesday, was reunited with his owner, the Phoenix Herpetological Society, which conducted the rescue, said Thursday. The Arizona ...

According to the FWC’s website, it’s the rock monitor’s relative, the Nile monitor lizard, that’s illegal to have as a pet, and is an invasive species. 29,645 people played the daily Crossword ...

DENVER (AP) — A sheriff has warned residents in a tourist town northwest of Colorado Springs that a strong, aggressive 6-foot lizard that eats small animals — including dogs and cats — is on the loose ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Six-foot predatory lizards normally found along the Nile River in Africa have set up shop in South Florida — and Palm Beach County canals are a hot spot. Nile monitors, which ...

A disturbance from a mischievous Nile monitor sets off a mass hatching event. When a mother crocodile leaves her nest unattended, a Nile monitor takes the opportunity to steal her eggs. The mother ...