Even Gila monsters need a chance to cool off from Arizona's brutal summer heat. One of Arizona's famous venomous lizards was spotted on Monday getting doused with water from a sprinkler in the yard of ...

After more than 15 years of difficult observation and data collection on the early lives of Gila monsters, one Arizona State University research team recently published its study with the help of ...

It's not every day that you see an 8-foot-long Gila monster lounging beside a city street. And if the critter happens to be reading a book, well, that's bound to catch your attention. The literary ...

Bolg amondol: New monstersaur reveals complex evolutionary history of giant Gila monster relatives by University of Utah edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

A 76-million-year-old species, Bolg amondol, was discovered in Utah. The raccoon-sized monstersaur is a precursor to modern Gila monsters, researchers say. This discovery sheds light on Utah's ...

Research into the intestinal cells of Burmese pythons has revealed the existence of a previously unknown cell type, ...

A newly discovered cell helps pythons digest entire skeletons—and might be present in other bone-eating predators, too.

Bolg amondol was a raccoon-sized armored mostesaurian lizard that lived about 77 million years ago, similar to today’s Gila monsters ( Heloderma horridum ). It is named after the goblin prince from ...

Size comparison of the holotype specimen of Bolg amondol and a modern Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum, right). Gold: preserved skeletal elements.

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