A Gila monster showed up in a Tucson man's garage and the video of him removing it said all kinds of things about the reptile. Here's the truth.

A Gila monster bite hurts, but its venom would not affect you the way, say, a rattlesnake's would, Garcia said. “For the most part it is just very painful and might cause some tissue damage but ...

Secondly, Gila monsters are not only shy, they are just plain rare to begin with. A lot of people, avid hikers among them, will live in Arizona all their lives and never see a Gila monster in the ...

A 34-year-old Colorado man died last month after getting bitten by a Gila (pronounced HE-la) monster. Christopher Ward’s death may have been the first from a Gila monster in the US in almost a ...

Lizard venom has played a crucial part in helping humans take a bite out of diabetes and obesity. The Gila monster is a large, magnificent and venomous desert-dwelling reptile found throughout the ...

The array of plants and animals on earth today is amazing and intriguing. Animals have been found living in sunless depths of the sea, acquiring energy from volcanic vents on ...

A Gila monster that bit its owner in Lakewood on Feb. 12, leading to the man's death, was returned to Colorado this week and sent to a lab in Greeley on Thursday for testing on the reptile's venom.

Pet Gila monster bites man, who dies in what experts call a "rare event" 03:03 The Jefferson County coroner has confirmed that a 34-year-old Colorado man died this month, days after being bitten ...

The report lists the cause of death for the 34-year-old man as complications of Gila monster envenomation – essentially an injury, in this case, a bite, by a venomous animal of some kind.

FILE – A Gila monster is displayed at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Dec. 14, 2018. A 34-year-old Colorado man has died on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, after being bitten by his pet gila monster in ...

A Gila monster venomous lizard is displayed for reporters at the Woodland Park Zoo, Friday, Dec. 14, 2018, in Seattle. Utah Rep. Lowry Snow, R-Santa Clara, is sponsoring a measure to make the ...

The Gila monster, which is native to the deserts of North America, can survive on just a few meals a year, thanks to a digestion-slowing hormone in its venom.