Komodo dragons. Pop culture has often depicted the Komodo dragon as being on the cusp of extinction, as in the Mathew Broderick/Marlon Brando film The Freshman and Douglas Adams’ nonfiction book ...

Accurately measuring the body temperature and heart rate of a sprinting Komodo dragon isn’t easy. Feeding it a thermometer is doable. Hide it in some meat and let the 9-foot, 200-pound lizard ...

The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is the largest reptile on the planet. These massive monitor lizards can grow to over 10 feet in length and weigh upwards of 300 pounds. They are classified ...

Oct. 16 (UPI) --A resident of an Indonesian village captured video of an unusual visitor -- a Komodo dragon -- casually strolling through town. The video shows the Komodo dragon, a member of the ...

A Komodo dragon walking along a beach on Komodo Island. Image by Basten Gokkon. Part of the concession held by PT Segara Komodo Lestari on Rinca Island.

Komodo dragons are incredible animals. They’re lizards, but they have a number of unique tweaks to their chemistry that gives them advantages often only seen … ...

Komodo dragons are 100 times bigger than the smallest lizards, Google notes. They feast on Timor deer, their primary food source on the islands, and can sprint up to 12 mph in pursuit of prey.

Why komodo dragons don’t stray far from home. With impressive navigation skills and athleticism, Komodo dragons seem like they could spread anywhere—scientists now know why they haven’t.

After past Komodo dragon-related injuries at zoos—a 34-year-old zookeeper bitten on the hand, a 38-year-old zookeeper also bitten on the hand and a 43-year-old zookeeper bitten on the left ...