Exploring the Caldwell Zoo: Real-life superhero lizard helping science, delighting visitors

Buford the Gila monster at Caldwell Zoo plays a surprising role in medical research, with the venom contributing to diabetes ...
KSAT

A Colorado man died after a Gila monster bite. Opinions and laws on keeping the lizard as a pet vary

FILE - A Gila monster is displayed at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Dec. 14, 2018. A 34-year-old Colorado man has died on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, after being bitten by his pet gila monster in a ...
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Colorado man dies after bite from Gila monster he illegally kept as a pet

(CNN) — A Colorado man has died after a bite from a large venomous lizard, called a Gila monster, that he illegally kept as a pet, according to Lakewood city officials. Christopher Ward, 34, owned two ...
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A Colorado man is dead after a pet Gila monster bite

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — A 34-year-old Lakewood man died over the weekend after he was bitten by one of his two pet Gila monsters, according to the Lakewood Police Department. Around 11:45 p.m. on Feb. 12, ...
New York Daily News

Gila monster chomps Colorado man, killing him

A 34-year-old Colorado man is dead after one of his pet Gila monsters, which he appeared to own illegally, chomped down on him. The baleful bite sent Christopher Ward of Lakewood to the hospital on ...