Is that a lizard? Is that a Komodo dragon? No, it's something much bigger and badder - a dinosaur! And not just one, an ...

Staff at Smithsonian’s National Zoo in the District are mourning the death of a male gray seal, Gunther, at the age of 33, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nature’s anything but a safe place. Some of the creatures you’ll find out there are straight-up biological weapons. Get ready ...

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 ...

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.

"In this incident, two male Komodo Dragons unintentionally entered the same cage and attacked each other. The injured employee instinctively tried to intervene and was injured by the larger male ...

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 ...

Komodo dragons are one of the most unique and ancient species in the world found mostly in Indonesia. The Komodo National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is also among the most extraordinary ...

the Komodo dragon. The largest extant lizard on the planet, these fearsome creatures draw huge crowds of ecotourists to the island in the hopes of catching a glimpse of a few individuals—and for ...

Two endangered Komodo dragons have been born at a zoo, joining a "vitally important" international conservation breeding programme. The hatchlings are the world's largest lizard species and will ...