Officials: Invasive South American Lizard Expanding Across Florida
A lizard that can grow up to five feet long and is native to areas of South America is invading Florida, officials say.

A lizard that can grow up to five feet long and is native to areas of South America is invading Florida, officials say.

Police in western India’s Maharashtra state recently arrested four men for allegedly “gang-raping” a Bengal monitor lizard, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported on Thursday, noting an official for the Maharashtra Forest Department confirmed the group’s arrest on Wednesday.

An incident in which thieves stole more than $40,000 worth of insects and lizards from the Philadelphia Insectarium and Butterfly Pavilion last Wednesday is suspected to be an inside job, police announced Thursday.
