Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Goose, a five-foot-long water monitor lizard that escaped his home weeks ago and was recently spotted in Connecticut, has returned ...

"It's like catching a tornado. Swim, burrow, they climb trees, they are like modern day velociraptors." ...

Powerful, carnivorous Nile monitor lizards are expanding through South Florida's canal systems, with sightings climbing sharply, according to wildlife officials.

Seeing a large monitor lizard inside or around your home can be frightening. These reptiles are strong, fast, and can grow several feet long depending on the species. In tropical and subtropical ...

WEBSTER, Mass. — A community in Massachusetts is on the lookout for Goose. But Goose is not a bird; it’s a water monitor lizard with an avian name. Goose, a 5-foot-long lizard, escaped his home in ...

July 28 (UPI) --A water monitor lizard that escaped from its owner's home in Massachusetts was spotted a week later across the state border in Connecticut. Police in Webster, Mass., said the 5-foot ...

A water monitor lizard that escaped from a home in Massachusetts last week has been spotted in Connecticut. The Town of Thompson, Connecticut, posted on Facebook Friday that the water monitor was ...

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.

The five-foot-long water monitor lizard that escaped from his home in Webster two weeks ago has been found.Webster Police say Goose has been captured, although they did not immediately provide details ...