Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. July 21 (UPI) --Animal control officers in Massachusetts are on the hunt for a water monitor lizard on the loose in Webster.

WEBSTER, Mass. (WWLP) – A 5-foot water monitor lizard that has been missing for a week in Webster, Massachusetts, has been spotted across the state line into Connecticut. The missing lizard named ...

Nile monitor lizards, an invasive and dangerous species, are spreading across Florida. Here's where they are and what to do ...

This is the terrifying moment a monitor lizard broke into a home and tried to eat a pet bird. The ravenous predator charged into the house and ran towards a cage placed on the living room floor in ...

Just one week after a large water monitor lizard named Goose escaped from his home in Webster, Mass., the far-roaming reptile has been spotted in Connecticut. In a post on Facebook, the town of ...

Monitor lizards have populated the planet for many millions of years. It is estimated that thousands of specimens of the ...

A Massachusetts neighborhood is on high alert this weekend after a 5-foot lizard escaped from a local home. The water monitor lizard, named Goose, snuck out of a home in Webster on Friday, and its ...

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 ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife is asking people to report sightings, but to stay away to avoid any attacks or incidents ...

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, ...

These days, when scientists announce they've discovered a new species of animal, it's usually some miniature frog or deep sea isopod.