Gila monsters are an iconic creature of the desert southwest, and apparently, the scaly reptiles held the secret to modern ...

Despite their fearsome-sounding name and venomous bite, these desert-dwelling lizards – the largest in the United States – have evolved in unique ways to thrive in an arid climate. Native to the ...

The Gila Wilderness, home to wolves, mountain lions and other wildlife, marks a century as a ‘land lab,’ where nature thrives as far as the eye can see. “Here, man is only a visitor,” said a former ...

This story was originally published by YaleEnvironment360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The confluence of the tiny San Pedro River and the much larger Gila was once ...

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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 and at ...

A Colorado man has died after a bite from a large venomous lizard, called a Gila monster, that he illegally kept as a pet, according to Lakewood city officials. Christopher Ward, 34, owned two of the ...

For Gila monsters that live in the warming Mojave Desert, relocating to beat the heat may not be so simple. While climate change might create some better habitats, the lizards could be left behind in ...