It’s got you! Now the powerful jaws of this lizard have clamped down on your flesh and they won’t let go. You try to pull away, but these little monsters can hold their grip for several minutes. And ...

While many think of Australia for venomous creatures, the Gila monster from North America holds the title for the planet's ...

With its sharp claws, scaly skin and venomous bite, Guatemala’s “Sleeping Child” lizard has earned itself few human friends. One of them, forest ranger Juan Alvarado, has spent the last 17 years of ...

A new species of small, venomous reptile, Microzemiotes sonselaensis, has been discovered in the Late Triassic Chinle Formation in northeastern Arizona. The findings, recently published in PeerJ, shed ...

A bite from a gila monster will really mess with your metabolism. Fortunately these lizards, found in the deserts of the south-west US, are large and lumbering and most humans can easily outpace them.

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Australia has a long history of invasive ...

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