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

The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office released the autopsy of Christopher Ward, a 34-year-old man who died after he was bitten by his pet Gila monster. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office ...

Semaglutide, the same compound that’s in Ozempic, is part of a class of medications known as glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) ...

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 ...

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 ...

Stay calm and immobilize the affected area to slow the spread of venom. When a Gila monster bites, it chews venom into the wound, causing intense burning, swelling and a feeling of pressure.

The gila monster hibernates much the same way as a bear, except it does so during the summer to ... [+] avoid the extreme heat and arid conditions. The Gila monster is a large, venomous lizard ...

The bite of the Gila monster, a venomous lizard, is considered to be the most excruciating of any vertebrate.

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This desert, straddling the border between the USA and Mexico, boasts the title of the wettest desert in the world and the ...

The very first GLP-1RA approved for type 2 diabetes was the drug exenatide, which was the synthetic version of a protein (extenin-4) famously first found in the slobbery venom of the Gila monster ...