FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Six-foot predatory lizards normally found along the Nile River in Africa have set up shop in South Florida — and Palm Beach County canals are a hot spot. Nile monitors, which ...

Monitor lizards are a genus of large lizards found in Africa, Southern Asia, and Australia. There are 80 recognized species of monitor lizards, including the Komodo dragon, Asian water monitor, and ...

A disturbance from a mischievous Nile monitor sets off a mass hatching event. When a mother crocodile leaves her nest unattended, a Nile monitor takes the opportunity to steal her eggs. The mother ...

Florida can feel like an open-air reptile zoo. The state is home to dozens of nonnative lizard species, most of which are bigger, faster and stronger than native lizards. The reptiles range from ...

The Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus) is a large member of the monitor lizard family (Varanidae). This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for American Broadcasting Company and ...

When a mother crocodile leaves her nest unattended, a Nile monitor takes the opportunity to steal her eggs. The mother returns to protect most of her eggs but the disturbance sets off a mass hatching.