GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The John Ball Zoo hosted Venom Day Thursday morning to help train doctors on how to respond to snake and reptile bites. Reptile specialists at John Ball Zoo are hoping ...

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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 ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March 2 (UPI) -- Two Gila monsters, the world's most venomous lizards, were born in a Stockholm, Sweden, animal park this week, park officials announced. The birth Wednesday was the ...

The rare fatality happened after the man endured a four-minute-long bite from the lizard to his right hand in February, records show. By Aimee Ortiz An autopsy report revealed that a pet Gila ...

A western Pennsylvania man found dead in a home filled with poisonous snakes last week had been bitten, but that’s not what killed him, according to police. Aliquippa police told the Pittsburgh ...