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• n  large orange and black lizard of southwestern United States; not dangerous unless molested

• Gila monster
• Heloderma suspectum

News & Articles

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• Dr. John Eng to receive Golden Goose Award
  ( Association of American Universities ) The creators of the Golden Goose Award announced today that the next award will go to Dr. John Eng, a medical researcher and practicing physician whose study of the extremely poisonous venom produced by the Gila monster led to a drug that protects millions of diabetics from such complications as blindness, kidney failure, and nerve damage.
  July 30, 2013 - EurekAlert!