Viral videos have shifted public opinion about water monitors, long held in contempt in Thai culture, even as rising numbers of the reptiles pose problems for residents Shortly after dawn, Lumphini ...

When most people picture the Sundarbans, the Royal Bengal tiger is usually the first animal that comes to mind. Yet hidden among the maze of mangrove creeks is another remarkable resident that often ...

BANGKOK: Thailand’s Asian water monitors are being championed as a new “economic animal”, poised to enter the lucrative 7.6 billion baht (US$234.7 million) leather market. The move follows a ...

Asian water monitors are some of the fastest reptiles in the world today. These large lizards are expert hunters that live ...

The National Reptile Zoo in Kilkenny City yesterday celebrated World Lizard Day with two extraordinary new arrivals, ...

This is the shocking moment a huge monitor lizard walked through a restaurant while customers were eating. The diners were having a meal when they spotted the reptile sauntering into the garden-themed ...

BANGKOK: Thailand's Asian water monitors are being championed as a new "economic animal," poised to enter the lucrative 7.6 billion baht leather market. The move follows a government decision that ...

Monitor lizards seem to be the Thailand version of monkeys in South Africa... A water monitor lizard climbing up a grocery ...

Monitor lizards flourish in central Bangkok park Nicknamed the "Bangkok Dragon", the Asian water monitor has become an unexpected tourist draw thanks to its unusually calm, non-aggressive nature.