Green iguanas are mostly plant-eaters. Nile monitors are carnivores that actively hunt vertebrate prey. Monitors are bulkier, with longer necks, narrower snouts and thicker, more muscular tails. They ...

Powerful, carnivorous Nile monitor lizards are expanding through South Florida's canal systems, with sightings climbing sharply, according to wildlife officials.

“There’s danger in this urban paradise.” Huge carnivorous lizards stalk this popular city park alongside humans The world’s second largest lizard has made this Indonesian park their home – alongside ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing the earless monitor lizard as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act today following a 2022 petition from the Center for ...

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 ...

Forest patches in and around oil palm plantations are crucial for the survival of Asian water monitor lizards, a generalist species that usually thrives in human-impacted landscapes. A new study ...

A huge wild monitor lizard was caught after it wandered into a family's kitchen. The 7ft (2m) reptile crawled through the backdoor and hid under the counter cabinet of a home in Nakhon Ratchasima, ...