Monitor lizards are among the largest and most dangerous lizards in the world, combining size, speed, and powerful jaws. This exhibit-by-exhibit tour reveals how different species rely on sharp teeth, ...

Join the tour! Meet a Burmese Python, Water Monitor Rusty, and gators Darth and Gomer at the reptile zoo. See Rusty eat squid and watch the gators battle over octopus!

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MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Meet Rah! He’s a Nile monitor lizard at the Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo in Monroe. They’re known to be intense predators with fast speeds, sharp teeth, and powerful tails ...

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 ...

This animal's armor has upended a key law of evolution For more than a century, biologists assumed that the bony plates embedded in the skin of lizards – like natural chain mail – were an ancient ...

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(KRON) — A giant lizard was found abandoned inside an empty Alameda residence. According to the Alameda Police Department, officers responded to a call reporting a “Komodo dragon” inside a home. “That ...

A recently vacated Alameda rental came with a jaw-dropping surprise: a large lizard, roughly seven feet long, left behind inside the home after the tenants moved out. Alameda police responded and, ...

Florida has a new invasive lizard that will require a lot of monitoring to keep the state's residents and natural spaces safe. Nile monitors have gained attention as sightings continue across Florida, ...