Bears, snakes and lizards, oh my! With large animals roaming freely in the Great Basin, don’t forget to watch for the venomous reptiles, which can inflict serious harm without fast and proper ...

The largest zoo in Georgia is working hard to help conserve one of the world's rarest lizard species. Zoo Atlanta sent 11 endangered Guatemalan beaded lizards (Heloderma charlesbogerti) to La Aurora ...

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ATLANTA — A rare and venomous species of lizard hatched at Zoo Atlanta. The Guatemalan beaded lizards were then transported to Guatemala as part of a conservation effort, zoo officials announced ...

Upgrading enclosures for giant exotic lizards and venomous snakes quickly became a high-stakes project. Each habitat had to ...

A team of researchers at the University of Nevada has taken a step toward understanding how it is some lizards are able to withstand a black widow spider bite with few to no ill effects. In their ...

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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GEORGE TOWN, Nov 16 — While Malaysia is home to over 215 snake species, the vast majority are non-venomous, and knowing how ...

Australia boasts over 100 venomous land snake species, including the potent Inland Taipan and widespread Eastern Brown Snake. Despite this, snakebite deaths are remarkably low due to excellent ...