Monitor lizards are often confused with common house lizards. At first glance, both have long bodies, sharp claws and extended tails. When people see a small wall lizard drop its tail and run away, ...

A new reptile shop has opened its doors in Durham, offering customers the chance to see a variety of exotic animals from ...

Seeing a large monitor lizard inside or around your home can be frightening. These reptiles are strong, fast, and can grow several feet long depending on the species. In tropical and subtropical ...

A Thai passenger arriving from the Philippines was intercepted at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Samut Prakan with two live protected wild animals - a monitor lizard and a large rice field rat ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A nile monitor, in its native range. Monitors are one of Florida's problematic invasive species. For invasive reptile hunters in ...

Customers at The Market Place spotted "something extremely lifelike" on one of the shelves and alerted store staff.

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 ...

Floridians are used to invasive species making headlines — from iguanas falling out of trees during cold snaps (and made into unique eats) to Burmese pythons slithering through the Everglades. However ...

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 ...

That's where disaster preparedness and emergency readiness workshops come in to play. The Appalachian Voices' Community ...

Officials in Florida say an injured mother manatee and her calf have been rescued from a river and taken to SeaWorld Orlando for rehabilitation.