Reptiles like monitor lizards are increasingly spotted in urban spaces this monsoon, with Wildlife SOS teams rescuing them from homes, offices, and metro stations as floodwaters force them out of ...

CHENNAI: A monitor lizard, a species protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, was allegedly beaten to death by a staff member of the Madras Cricket Club (MCC) in Chennai on ...

Yavatmal: A forest department patrolling team in Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary discovered illegal hunting of a monitor lizard in the Sawangi beat of the Parva Forest Range on September 7. Officers ...

Forest Department officials on Monday arrested one R. Karthi, 35, from Sirumalai in Dindigul district on the charges of hunting a monitor lizard and consuming its meat after killing it. It is said ...

Patna: A leopard skin and ‘hathjodi' (monitor lizard's reproductive organs) were seized by the regional unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in Patna during a major operation against ...