May 11 (UPI) -- An Arizona man out doing yard work was surprised to see the world's second-largest lizard take a dip in his backyard pool. Eric Johnson said he was working outside his home in Peoria, ...

"I didn't know if it was venomous, if it was going to attack me,” Eric Johnson said of the encounter Arizona man Eric Johnson found a giant lizard swimming in his backyard pool Experts later said the ...

The water monitor, Varanus salvator, is a large species of lizard found living near water in tropical Asia from India to Indonesia. These reptiles can grow to more than 3 meters (10 feet) in length, ...

A tourist was shocked to see a monitor lizard emerging from a villa swimming pool. Vyacheslav Koskin was preparing to cool ...

A Peoria resident found a giant Asian water monitor swimming in his backyard pool. Experts at the Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary say the lizard is likely an escaped pet. The animal, which can grow ...

Many of us are taught to swim at young ages, but for many animals in nature, it seems that swimming comes naturally to them. While dogs are a common example, have you ever seen a lizard swim?

When animal control pulled a giant Asian monitor lizard from a suburban St. Louis storm drain, they had more questions than ...

A man in Arizona was in shock when he discovered a giant lizard in his backyard. Peoria resident Eric Johnson was doing yardwork when he suddenly heard a loud splash coming from his swimming pool, ...