When animal control pulled a giant Asian monitor lizard from a suburban St. Louis storm drain, they had more questions than ...

Animal control officers in Missouri became reptile wranglers for a day when a large monitor lizard was found trapped in a ...

St. Louis County named the lizard Gojira, and it is a member of the Varanus salvator species, which is native to South or ...

An up-close encounter with one of nature’s most fascinating reptiles — learning about monitor lizards while safely catching ...

Feeding time for a large monitor lizard becomes a very energetic event . The reptile shows great excitement as it spots ...

Gojira the lizard has a "very friendly demeanor" and is being fostered by an animal control employee while on a five-day ...

A large monitor lizard pulled from a storm drain near the 9300 block of Niles Place in South St. Louis County on Tuesday is now living with a county animal control employee, who is fostering the ...

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8/2/25 UPDATE: The water monitor has been safely captured, officials said Saturday. A massive lizard that recently escaped from an area home was spotted this week in a southern Massachusetts town.

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Three striking new species of rock-dwelling monitor lizards have been formally described from the savannas of northeastern Queensland, revealing a previously unrecognized evolutionary lineage. The ...