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

"They're very wild, they're very active. They don't make good pets at all. They don't calm down." ...

"You cannot wait until an invasive species has demonstrated its impact upon the ecosystem. If you do, then it's too late." ...

If you care about Florida’s native turtles, nesting birds, and wild spaces, this story will hit close to home. Nile monitor lizards — powerful, fast-moving carnivores that can grow up to 7 feet long — ...

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

Another giant reptile is clawing its way toward disrupting the South Florida ecosystem as an invasive species. The Nile monitor -- a semi-aquatic lizard equipped with razor claws that can grow up to 6 ...

Nile monitors are spreading across South Florida. They are olive-green or black, with yellow striping on their head and jaw ...

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, ...

Nile monitor lizards, an invasive species, are making their presence known in Cape Coral as temperatures rise.

South Florida is already home to iguanas, crocodiles, and alligators, and all manner of dangerous animals (looking at you, Burmese pythons), but few likely know we also have dragons. Invasive species ...

FLORIDA – Florida residents are no strangers to invasive reptiles, from the iguanas that fall out of trees in the winter, to the Burmese Pythons slithering through the Everglades. However, one species ...