The discovery of this hormone paved the way for Ozempic, making the Gila monster an enormously profitable gift to modern ...

For their size, up to 22 inches (56 centimeters), Gila monsters travel widely, ranging over an area as big as 100 or more U.S. football fields in pursuit of prey including bird eggs in nests high ...

Such is their size that they need a big enclosure, such as a cattle trough, and the reptiles’ ideal bedding is a mixture of sand and earth. “Gila monsters are for the advanced keeper.

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 ...