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 ...

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

Rare fossils of the mosasaur Globidens alabamaensis — a 20 foot predator with strange, mushroom-shaped teeth — unearthed in ...

We’re all familiar with animals that hibernate in the winter, like bears and groundhogs. There’s another class of animals ...

The Gila monster's bite may be agonising, but humans have been using the lizard's venom to save lives. Over 30 years ago scientists discovered the potential of Gila monster venom as a treatment for ...

The Gila chub once benefited from the engineering feats of beavers living in the upper Gila River basin, whose dams created deep, slow-moving pools the chub loved. So in the late 1800s, when beavers ...

Authorities in Colorado have confirmed the death of a 34-year-old local resident four days after he was bitten by one of his two pet Gila monsters. The creatures are venomous reptiles native to ...

What does the Gila monster have that we don't have? The key to more effortless weight-loss, apparently. It turns out the venom of a small, Southwestern lizard — the only venomous lizard in ...

Residents have been cleared to return to their homes in the Gila River Indian Community as crews continue to fight the blaze of the Fall Fire. The fire sparked Saturday afternoon in District 6 of ...

A large column of smoke could be seen in the West Valley on Sept. 28. Gila River officials say it is from a brush fire between Santa Cruz and Cemetery Roads. GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY ...

A large brush fire burning about 415 acres south of Phoenix on the Gila River Indian Community sent billows of gray smoke into the air Saturday afternoon, according to tribe officials. The brush ...