Millions of invasive, marsh-destroying nutria have invaded the wetlands of Louisiana. These hunters are picking them off, one by one.

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 ...

From South Asia to Europe, the black rat reshaped ecosystems, fueled pandemics, and costs billions in crop losses.

Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage than loading CBC Lite story pages. A new 307 million-year-old fossil discovered in Nova Scotia may represent one of the world's first ...

Bangkok’s giant monitor lizards didn’t turn up as a quirky tourist add-on. They were always in the region, and the […] ...

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 ...

“I couldn't get it out of his mouth," owner Steve Badgery recalled when his English cocker spaniel William ate the tainted meat Escher Walcott is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE, covering stories in ...

The Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp is a humanoid cryptid first sighted in Lee County, South Carolina, in 1988. A teenager first encountered the creature, described as seven feet tall with green, scaly ...

Rats have gotten a bad reputation over the years for being dirty, garbage-eating carriers of disease. But these ubiquitous rodents are also clever and capable of learning complex tasks, even using ...

Research into cooking the perfect pasta sauce, another probing the types of pizza lizards liked to eat, and a study wondering whether painting cows with stripes protected them from flies are among the ...

Ever wondered whether painting a cow with zebra stripes might reduce the number of fly bites it gets, or which pizza toppings different kinds of lizards prefer? If so, you’re not alone: There are ...