While Gila monsters are not typically a threat to humans, their powerful venom can pose a serious danger if provoked or handled improperly. A 34-year-old man from Lakewood, Colorado died recently ...

Some lizards have evolved to be resistant to the venom of snakes, entering into a sort of evolutionary arms race with their limbless cousins. A family of lizards known as varanids has evolved ...

The investigative minds at How to Survive rank the largest and most venomous lizards on the planet to see which ones are the biggest threat to people.

The video documents a serious incident in which a venomous beaded lizard delivers a bite during close handling. What begins as a controlled interaction quickly escalates as the effects of venom become ...

The tenderfoot might not want to get close enough to even tell the difference, but the people at the Arizona-Sonora Desert museum are mighty impressed with these new additions. The long this fellow is ...

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In 1875, Charles Darwin admired the uniqueness of species found on the Galápagos Islands in his work "A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World," in particular the group of birds described today as Darwin ...

The lava lizards owe their name to their preference for the black lava rock of the islands. Females can be recognized by their reddish cheeks. In 1875, Charles Darwin admired uniqueness of species ...