Komodo dragons were all alone ... Little is wasted: The big lizards aren’t picky about which body parts they eat. Despite the dragon’s somewhat off-putting habits, islanders do not necessarily ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo announces the death of Murphy, the Komodo dragon who was a crowd-pleaser for nearly 25 years.

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo is warming up to a new monitor lizard this winter, a young Komodo dragon named Onyx. Reptile keepers have been working with these lizards for decades, including ...

Komodo dragons have a particularly gruesome hunting ... enclosure by zookeepers when one bit his foot, nearly severing his big toe. It didn’t help that Bronstein was barefoot.

This story appears in the November 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. The Komodo dragon, the largest species of lizard now alive, can grow to 10 feet long and nearly 200 pounds.

Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis ... Iron is readily available in the environment – even more so to a big meat-eating predator. It is thought the cells that make the enamel switch their ...

Reptile Discovery Center staff at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute’s (NZCBI) campus in Washington, D.C., are mourning the loss of Murphy, a 26-year-old male Komodo ...

Speaking of animals that are obviously too big to be eaten by Komodo dragons, horses still aren’t one of them! We all know that horses can be pretty sizable creatures, and you’d think more ...

the home of a giant lizard known as the Komodo dragon. Show more First transmitted in 1956, the Zoo Quest team sails to Komodo island, the home of a giant lizard known as the Komodo dragon.

Two formidable Komodo dragons wrestle along the majestic coast of Komodo National Park. Andrey had visited many times, hoping to capture the spectacular fights between males during the summer breeding ...

Named for the Komodo dragon, the company launched life sciences platform MapLab in September 2023 and analytics application MapView in March 2024. It’s preparing to roll out a generative AI ...