Christopher Ward’s death may have been the first from a Gila monster in the US in almost a century, but the creature’s bite is well-known to be excruciating. Within minutes of Ward’s pet ...

A molecule in lizard saliva may make it easier to find certain tumors in the pancreas.

In March 2024, a Colorado man died after being bitten by his pet Gila monster. Before that, DeNardo says, there had been no fatalities from a Gila bite for several decades. If you do encounter a ...

The results were clear—while the basic PET scans detected tumors 65 percent of the time, the new, Gila monster-derived option did so with a 95 percent accuracy rate. In instances where the ...

DENVER (KDVR) — A Lakewood man died after he was bitten by his pet Gila monster, according to police. On Feb. 12 at 11:45 p.m., Jeffcom received a 911 call about an animal bite. The Lakewood ...

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 ...