LAKEWOOD, Colo. — A Colorado man died after he was bitten by one of his two pet Gila monsters earlier this month, authorities said. According to the Lakewood Police Department, the 34-year-old victim ...

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — A 34-year-old Lakewood man died over the weekend after he was bitten by one of his two pet Gila monsters, according to the Lakewood Police Department. Around 11:45 p.m. on Feb. 12, ...

Gila monsters are the largest lizards native to the United States. They get their name from Arizona's Gila River basin, where they were first discovered. Gila (pronounced hee-la) monsters are also one ...

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 century ...

Gila monsters get a bad rap. If their name alone doesn't elicit fear, the fact that their bite is venomous does. A Tucson man recently claimed in a viral TikTok video that Gila monsters are among the ...

MESA, Ariz. — A traffic stop took a wild turn in Mesa, Arizona when police said they saw a venomous animal in the car. Mesa police said in a news release that they were called to a convenience store ...

Monsters live in the normally dry, desert landscapes of the Mojave, Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts of the southwestern United States and northwestern arid regions of Mexico. They belong to an ancient ...

The Gila Wilderness, home to wolves, mountain lions and other wildlife, marks a century as a ‘land lab,’ where nature thrives as far as the eye can see. “Here, man is only a visitor,” said a former ...