Archie, the monitor lizard liberated from the side of a freeway on Wednesday, was reunited with his owner, the Phoenix Herpetological Society, which conducted the rescue, said Thursday. The Arizona ...

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 ...

Monitor lizards, believed to be invasive species on some Pacific islands, got there long before humans, a new study says. By Marion Renault You can’t accuse a monitor lizard of being a picky eater.

PHOENIX — The Department of Public Safety had an unusual assignment on Loop 101 near 7th Street Wednesday morning: a monitor lizard was wandering around on the shoulder of the freeway. Arizona ...