They came to the state many years ago via the exotic pet trade. Officials speak out after confirmed sighting of alligator-like lizard along busy road: 'Why … would someone have that for a pet?' first ...

A large, exotic lizard named Goose frightened residents and was eventually rescued from the wild after it escaped a home in Massachusetts. A water monitor lizard was spotted on the loose in a small ...

Invasive Nile monitor lizards are carnivorous, can grow over six feet long, and are considered dangerous to humans and pets. Most of the over 2,000 sightings have occurred in South Florida, ...