(Close-up of a Gila monster perched on a rock. Credit: Lauren Suryanata / Shuttestock.) Throughout his career in the 1970s and ’80s, Democratic Senator William Proxmire, a deficit hawk from Wisconsin, ...

Researchers at Saguaro National Park are going where few scientists have been brave enough to go before - into the mouths of Gila monsters. A project has been tracking the venomous creatures at the ...

Long before Ozempic and Wegovy became household names, a Department of Veterans Affairs researcher studying Gila monster venom in a Bronx laboratory made a discovery that would revolutionize diabetes ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah lawmakers are considering a bill to designate the Gila monster as the state reptile. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Republican state Rep. Bill Lowry sponsored the legislation ...

The Gila monster is most commonly found in mountain foothills dominated by saguaros and palo verde trees. The iconic Sonoran Desert landscape, with its towering cacti and rugged terrain, provides ...

When you think of venomous creatures lurking in the American wilderness, your mind probably drifts to rattlesnakes or black widow spiders. Most people overlook something far stranger and more ancient.

When Lee Harvey Oswald ducked into the Texas Theatre after assassinating JFK on Nov. 22, 1963, he likely never even contemplated the idea that he was laying the groundwork for an annual tradition.

Razan Al Mubarak, president of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, describes biodiversity as the planet’s original information network—an archive of genetic data refined over billions ...

The Gila monster's black-and-orange scales and the black widow's iconic look embody the holiday's aesthetic. Classic spooky creatures like bats, tarantulas, and spiders are synonymous with Halloween ...

Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Monster: The Ed Gein Story.The latest installment in Netflix’s Monster anthology, The Ed Gein Story, bills itself as a study of how society turns ...