A large reptile has officials on high alert in a Maine town, authorities shared on social media. Calling the animal a “large lizard on the loose,” the Old Town Police Department shared on Sunday, Aug.

This video focuses on the feeding of a large monitor lizard kept in captivity. Monitor lizards are powerful reptiles with strong jaws and sharp teeth adapted for consuming whole prey. Observing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This photo provided by the New England Wildlife Center shows a tegu lizard which was found buried in snow in Providence, R.I., in ...

India is home to a variety of interesting species of reptiles, but none are as exciting as the monitor lizards. These are ...

The Old Town Police Department said residents should not approach the lizard if they spot the creature Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering ...

One of the world’s largest species of lizards, an ornate monitor, was found abandoned in an Alameda home last month, police said. On Dec. 24, the property manager of the home reported that a lizard ...