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

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 ...

Nile monitor lizards are dangerous, invasive predators in Florida. Here's where they are in the state and what to do if you ...

Florida has a new invasive lizard that will require a lot of monitoring to keep the state's residents and natural spaces safe. The Nile monitor, an aggressive and fast-spreading invasive species, is ...

One of the world’s largest species of lizards, an ornate monitor, was found abandoned in an Alameda home last month, police said. On Dec. 24, the property manager of the home reported that a lizard ...

Police got quite the shock after getting a call reporting a “Komodo dragon” living inside a Bay Area home. Officers from the Alameda Police Department and members of animal control responded to the ...

Police found a young ornate Nile monitor lizard inside a vacant Alameda home. Alameda Police Department Officers dispatched to investigate a report of a “Komodo dragon” inside a vacant Northern ...

Officers dispatched to investigate a report of a “Komodo dragon” inside a vacant Northern California home probably weren’t sure what to expect. The officers found a young ornate Nile monitor had been ...

Alameda police were recently called to a home where the former tenants had reportedly left behind a large Komodo dragon. When police arrived, it turned out to be a young ornate Nile monitor -- a ...