The Gila monster, a venomous lizard, played a big part in developing weight loss drugs like Ozempic.

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.

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.

Even Gila monsters need a chance to cool off from Arizona's brutal summer heat. One of Arizona's famous venomous lizards was spotted on Monday getting doused with water from a sprinkler in the yard of ...

Have you heard the story about the scientific gold in Gila monster venom? With what's happening in Washington these days, it's a tale worth telling. The best starting point for this decades-long ...

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.

A Colorado man who died after getting bitten by a Gila monster was hardly alone in having the gnarly looking lizard for a pet. They’re legal to own in most states, easily found through breeders ...

Before the Colorado man, the last person to die of a Gila monster bite, around 1930, may have had cirrhosis of the liver.

The cause of death has been released for the man who died after he was bitten by his pet Gila monster .

Colorado Colorado man's death after Gila monster bite begs question: Does the venomous lizard make a good pet? Christopher Ward did not have a permit for one of his Gila monsters, said a Colorado ...

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.