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.

Luckily, infant dragons are very agile, and quickly learn to escape the hungry adults by climbing trees. 2. They are capable of ‘virgin birth’ Komodo dragons are one of the only animals able ...

Komodo dragons are some of the fiercest predators in the whole world, and they have massive appetites for animals you probably didn’t know could eat. These intimidating creatures will eat ...

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 ...

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.

They’ll likely be empty, but if you’re lucky, you’ll draw near, and there it will be: the world’s biggest lizard, a grim-faced giant known as the Komodo dragon. The man who devised this ...

The Indonesian island of Komodo, home to the Komodo dragon, will not be closed to tourists next year - but a $1,000 membership scheme will be introduced, the authorities have said. It reverses a ...

There are fewer than 3,500 Komodo dragons left in the wild, according to conversationists Indonesian tourism workers have gone on strike over a dramatic hike in the price of tickets to see Komodo ...

The Komodo dragon is an impressive and fearsome sight. Measuring 2.5 meters long and weighing more than 80 kilograms, it is the largest lizard in the world. An apex predator, its lumbering gait ...

The year of the dragon has brought two new Komodo dragons to the Nashville Zoo. Although the zoo has housed Komodo dragons for over a decade, the births mark the zoo's first ever successful ...

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 ...