Most people can at least recognize the 1.5-foot-long lizard due its striking bumpy, pink and black scales, squat body ... But inside the Gila monster’s spit is also a substance that is now ...

The Gila monster is the largest lizard in the United States, growing to 22 inches long and weighing over a pound. It has a large head, short, stout legs, and a short, thick tail. 4 / 10 ...

Native to the Sonoran Desert of the American southwest and Mexico, the Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) might look and ...

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 ...