The video documents a serious incident in which a venomous beaded lizard delivers a bite during close handling. What begins as a controlled interaction quickly escalates as the effects of venom become ...

Long before Ozempic and Wegovy became household names, a Department of Veterans Affairs researcher studying Gila monster ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The John Ball Zoo hosted Venom Day Thursday morning to help train doctors on how to respond to snake and reptile bites. Reptile specialists at John Ball Zoo are hoping ...

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While Gila monsters are not typically a threat to humans, their powerful venom can pose a serious danger if provoked or handled improperly. A 34-year-old man from Lakewood, Colorado died recently ...

The rare fatality happened after the man endured a four-minute-long bite from the lizard to his right hand in February, records show. By Aimee Ortiz An autopsy report revealed that a pet Gila ...

In the rainforests of New Guinea and the Solomon Islands lives a small species of lizard that could make even the Hulk envious with its unusual trait: Its blood is bright toxic green–a feature that is ...