SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A massive Asian water monitor was spotted roaming around the streets of North Port earlier this month. Video captured by Renee Aland in North Port shows the roughly ...

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Asian water monitors and Nile monitors are not native to Florida, but they have been seen locally. What’s going on? A Nile monitor is seen in a tree in Cape Coral. There are multiple known populations ...

Renee Aland had to do a double take when she spotted a 5-foot lizard along the side of the road. It wasn't an alligator, at least not with that long of a tongue. Aland spotted the monitor lizard, ...

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On a humid morning in eastern Indonesia, the line between something ordinary and something prehistoric can feel uncomfortably ...

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, ...

BENTON - The residents of Lake Moses near Benton can breathe a little easier today. Joanna, a 40-pound, 6-foot Asian water monitor lizard, was captured about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, about an hour after ...