Former tenants left a massive lizard, called an ornate Niles monitor, behind in their home, Alameda police announced on ...

The lizard is now at the East Bay Vivarium reptile shop, police said. Alameda is about 10 miles east of San Francisco. Ornate ...

A young Ornate Nile Monitor supposedly left behind by the former tenants in an Alameda, Calif., residence looks out of a ...

A giant lizard was found abandoned inside an empty Alameda residence. According to the Alameda Police Department, officers ...

A large lizard that was found abandoned in an Alameda home is now living at the East Bay Vivarium. Alameda police said they ...

Alameda police were recently called to a home where the former tenants had reportedly left behind a large Komodo dragon. When police arrived, it turned out to be a young ornate Nile monitor - a lizard ...

Police got quite the shock after getting a call reporting a “Komodo dragon” living inside a Bay Area home. Officers from the ...

Building an enclosure for an albino water monitor presents unique risks due to the animal’s size, strength, and speed. Using scrap wood adds another layer of challenge, requiring precise construction ...

This lizard’s physiology rewrites what we thought reptiles were capable of. Here’s the truth behind its notorious reputation, ...

The news never seemed to stop in 2025, and usually, it focused on humans. But many of the newsmakers walked on four legs, not two. This year saw headlines about a massive escaped lizard that roamed ...