Native to the Sonoran Desert of the American southwest and Mexico, the Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) might look and sound threatening. But to many, it's known for its status as the largest ...

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 ...

The Gila Monster has a venomous bite that it uses primarily for defense. Unlike snakes, it doesn’t inject venom but instead allows it to flow into its prey through grooved teeth. When it bites ...

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

But there’s a twist in the case of the genus Aspidoscelis, the asexually reproducing whiptail lizards that Baumann and his colleagues have been studying at the Stowers Institute for Medical ...

The short-horned lizard is often referred to as a “horned toad” or “horny toad” because its squat, flattened shape and short, blunt snout give it a toad-ish look. There are over a dozen ...

The region's shinnery oaks are only four or five feet high, but they provide food, shade and a breeding ground for the small, brown dunes sagebrush lizard — otherwise known as the sand dune lizard.

Satisfy an honors requirement with an Honors Experiential Learning Opportunity (HELO). HELOs provide students with hands-on experience outside of the classroom. These credit and non-credit ...

Despite its impressive performance, HELO's high fees and similar valuation to the S&P 500 make a traditional low-volatility fund the potentially better choice. The J.P. Morgan Hedged Equity ...

I've spent quite a lot of today trying to figure out why, exactly, some of the monsters in the Monster Hunter Wilds ...

Caroline Lindy’s debut feature, “Your Monster,” claims to present a “true-ish story.” Presumably, the “true” aspect refers not to the monster, but to the cascading cruelty of the ...