I recently woke up in the middle of the night to my 11-year-old son screaming from the bathroom. Upon entering, I found him in the bathtub, trapped because there was a giant gecko on the door.

The TDY gremlins struck last week, and I mean to tell you - IT.WAS.UGLY. It all started around midnight on Wednesday. I sent the last batch of email for the evening, shut down my computer and set the ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. For decades a colony of feral cats has lived at the San Elijo Campground ...

Pinko came running into the living room from the garage with a green anole lizard in his mouth. Oh, yeah, Pinko is a 16-year-old, indoor-only Russian Blue cat, not a college student or member of ...

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Florida's got a problem where invasive Nile monitor lizards are growing in number and eating everything, including cats. Patrick Jones (@Patrick_E_Jones) explains.Click here for video Florida's got a ...

In July, naturalist Soumyadip Santra was on a trip to the Indian Sundarbans, part of the world’s largest mangrove forest, when he witnessed an unusual scene: a fishing cat jumped on an adult monitor ...

A rare—and potentially new—species of skink has unwittingly been discovered by a cat just looking for a quick snack. The cat dragged the lizard into its owners' home in Taranaki, New Zealand. After ...

Between wildlife-eating Burmese pythons, colonies of poisonous lionfish, and drain-clogging hydrilla plants, the negative influence of Florida’s exotic pet and aquarium trade seems to know no bounds.

Photos with Santa aren’t just for kids anymore. Dogs, cats, and even lizards are taking a seat on the jolly old fellow’s lap to create fur-ever memories for their families’ greeting cards, Facebook ...

Florida has a big lizard problem. Between lion fish and Burmese pythons, Florida has a lot of invasive species problems -- and the newest is massive Nile Monitor Lizards. Nile Monitor Lizards can grow ...