19 Beading Sites

The ancestors of American Indians came to North America from Siberia, which is today a part Russia. They came across the Bering Sea at a time when the ocean was much lower and there was a bridge of dry land between Alaska and Russia. Archeologists know ve Full Review »

In the Sonoran Desert, lizards are particularly conspicuous to the casual observer because so many are diurnally active. Most species are carnivorous and the majority are important consumers of insects. A few, like the common collared lizard (Crotaphytus Full Review »

The horrible suspicious venomous lizards of the new world. A rough translation from latin of the word Heloderma would be stud or decorative nail skin. Horridum would be frightful or horrible, and suspectum would be suspicious or distrusted. With scientifi Full Review »

The gila monster and the related Mexican beaded lizard are the only known venomous lizards. The venom of the gila monster is not injected, but flows into the open wounds of its prey as it is chewed. The gila monster is a large and heavy bodied lizard, 18 Full Review »

The gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) is one reptile that comes with its own mythos. This species has been widely feared in the southwest, and as a consequence, many interesting (often hilarious) myths have sprung up concerning this species, including th Full Review »