Many people think a Komodo dragon and a monitor lizard are two totally different animals. The truth is more interesting than ...

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The famed Indonesian island, home to the rare Komodo dragon, will be closed in 2020 after smugglers stole 41 of the giant ...

The Indonesian endemic world’s largest lizard komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis) recently entered the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) list of “Endangered” species, marking it ...

Researchers have unearthed a mysterious link between bones of an ancient lizard found in Africa and the biggest, baddest modern-day lizard of them all, the Komodo dragon, half a world away in ...

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 raising ...

The giant venomous lizard is an apex predator, but they rarely attack humans unless they are presented with the opportunity ...

Indonesia’s Komodo dragon is simultaneously a conservation triumph and a species in peril. The world’s largest lizard faces a narrowing future — and a widening fight over who gets to decide what ...

The Komodo dragons are the largest lizards in the world. These predators weighing up to 200 pounds can detect their prey from up to 7.5 miles away. And although they are cold-blooded, they can ramp up ...

A top conservation organization updated the status of the fierce giant lizards on its Red List of threatened species. By Marion Renault The Komodo dragon has earned its status as a reptilian icon. The ...