Escaped lizard, baby giraffe and feline mayor: Mass.’ best animal stories of 2025

A four-foot escaped lizard, a newborn baby giraffe, feline politicians and a cloned dog were some of the animal stars of 2025 ...
WOKV

Lizard on the loose: Officials search for missing pet water monitor

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 ...
Yahoo

Look: Water monitor lizard on the loose in Massachusetts town

July 21 (UPI) --Animal control officers in Massachusetts are on the hunt for a water monitor lizard on the loose in Webster. Webster Animal Control said in a Facebook post on Friday that the monitor ...
USA Today

'Stay in the car:' It wasn't a gator or iguana. Woman videos 'huge' monitor lizard near Florida road

Renee Aland had to do a double take when she spotted a 5-foot lizard along the side of the road. It wasn't an alligator, at least not with that long of a tongue. Aland spotted the monitor lizard, ...