The Gila monster is a large, magnificent, and venomous desert-dwelling reptile found throughout the southwestern US and Mexico. A toxic bite from the Gila can cause searing pain, loss of consciousness ...

A team of ecologists, climatologists and evolutionary specialists affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. has found ...

The Mojave Desert may lose and gain suitable habitat for Gila monsters. But the unathletic reptiles might be mostly stuck in the waning oases.

From medication mix-ups to painful bites and stings, there's no such thing as an ordinary day at Arizona poison control centers.

If we cut or limit funding for curiosity-driven research, we risk shutting down the pipeline of future innovation,” writes ...

The King Cobra, renowned for its immense size and fast-acting neurotoxic venom, is likely to defeat the Gila Monster in a direct confrontation. The Gila Monster relies on its strength, tenacity ...

A babysitter looked under a bed to reassure a worried child that there wasn’t a monster hiding there — and came face-to-face with a man who wasn’t supposed to be there, a sheriff’s office ...

SAFFORD — Timothy Fox stepped up to the microphone toward the end of the 2025 Gila Idol Finals Thursday, at the David M. Player Center for the Arts. His raw, emotional performance of the song, ...

A babysitter found a man hiding under a child's bed in Kansas after the child complained about a "monster" being there. While trying to show the child there was nothing under the bed, the female ...

We finally did it. And by it, I mean we annoyed Capcom enough that it finally put Lagriacus in Monster Hunter Wilds. Lagiacrus was the flagship monster (the monster on the box with storyline ...

But there’s more to this fascinating creature than just its venomous bite. Scientists have discovered that Gila monster spit contains a chemical compound that could be a game-changer in the medical ...