Dozens of zoo animals in Sudan's capital — including an elderly crocodile, parrots and giant lizards — are feared dead after street battles between the country's rival forces made the location ...

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After a large monitor lizard was recently liberated from a storm drain on the side of Loop 101 in Phoenix, people began to wonder what monitors are and whether they belong in Arizona. A monitor lizard ...

Not your average commuter! Troopers & @ArizonaDOT responded to calls about a large monitor lizard walking along EB Loop 101 in Phoenix this morning. They kept an eye on it until @PhoenixHerp arrived ...