The Florida Fish and Wildlife is asking people to report sightings, but to stay away to avoid any attacks or incidents involving the animal.

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Invasive Nile monitor lizards are carnivorous, can grow over six feet long, and are considered dangerous to humans and pets. Most of the over 2,000 sightings have occurred in South Florida, ...

South Florida is already home to iguanas, crocodiles, and alligators, and all manner of dangerous animals (looking at you, Burmese pythons), but few likely know we also have dragons. Invasive species ...

Sergio Candido is the managing editor for the South region at cbsnews.com, coordinating multiplatform news coverage for CBS Miami, CBS Texas and CBS Atlanta. He previously worked for outlets including ...

Read full article: ‘Really terrifying:’ This mushroom could quietly invade Florida if we’re not careful A short-spined thrip, also known as Thrips parvispinus (original photo by L.S. Osborne) Read ...

Wildlife officials urge residents not to approach the lizard and to report sightings immediately Getty Nile monitors, unlike iguanas, are highly adaptable to sudden drops in temperatures The invasive ...

Floridians are used to invasive species making headlines — from iguanas falling out of trees during cold snaps (and made into unique eats) to Burmese pythons slithering through the Everglades. However ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A nile monitor, in its native range. Monitors are one of Florida's problematic invasive species. For invasive reptile hunters in ...

For invasive reptile hunters in Florida, there’s another predatory lizard on the radar. Nile monitors, native to Africa, are populating parts of the Sunshine State, and they can now be killed ...

Editor's note: We've updated this story with new information. Since last November, when a prehistoric-looking shoebill landed on a tour boat in Uganda and appeared to dwarf observers, the birds have ...