Known for its lobsters, the state of Maine is making headlines because of a different creature. According to Maine's Old Town Police Department, a "large lizard" is on the loose in the state. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. State environmental police released this photo of a water monitor lizard, which Webster police reported July 18 had gone missing.

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 ...

Local News Lizard still at large: Webster water monitor crosses state lines into Conn. Goose the water monitor is now a federal fugitive. Webster officials are warning residents to be on the lookout ...

Just one week after a large water monitor lizard named Goose escaped from his home in Webster, Mass., the far-roaming reptile has been spotted in Connecticut. In a post on Facebook, the town of ...

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.

A local animal control agency is asking the public for help after a water monitor was reported to be on the loose in Webster, Massachusetts. The large lizard, which has been loose for two days, was ...

"Black Throat Monitors are one of the longest monitor species in the world and can grow up to 7 feet long!" ...

A large water monitor lizard that went missing from Webster has been spotted in Thompson, Connecticut, according to a social media post from that town. The post, which referred to the lizard as "Goose ...

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 ...