A Komodo dragon is recovering after successful surgery at the Denver Zoo, the zoo said Tuesday afternoon. Anika, a 6-year-old Komodo, needed surgery to correct a problem with her reproductive ...

DENVER (CBS4)- A Komodo dragon at the Denver Zoo is recovering from abdomen surgery that saved the animal's life. Anika, a 6-year-old Komodo dragon had surgery after she showed early signs of ...

Komodo dragons are both the heaviest and largest lizards on Earth. The carnivorous reptiles can weigh more than 220 pounds and reach nearly 10 feet from head to tail.

Credit: flickr. Female Komodo dragons can lay eggs without ever meeting a male. They do that through a process known as parthenogenesis, a rare ability that kicks in when no males are around.

The Akron Zoo’s 12-year old female Komodo dragon, Draco, died on Jan. 8 from a reproductive complication, according to the zoo.

“He was the most successful reproductive male Komodo dragon in Zoo history, siring up to 55 hatchlings,” Ray wrote. “Due to his fruitfulness, his spirit and offspring live on at Zoos ...

The teeth of Komodo dragons, the world’s largest lizards, are coated in a protective layer of iron, a new study has found. When the nearly-200 pound dragons go after their prey — which can ...