Six recently hatched Komodo dragons will eventually grow into some of the largest lizards on Earth. The babies were the first to ever hatch at ZooTampa at Lowry Park. Komodo dragons are endangered, and there are an estimated 1,400 adult Komodo dragons left ...

Their bite makes you bleed uncontrollably. They can follow you for kilometers waiting for exhaustion to kick in. And once you can’t escape, they’ll start eating you while you’re still alive. Sounds like a horror story, but this monster is very real.

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 in mammals. To figure out how these large predators arrived at their current state, researchers ...

Komodo dragons have iron-coated teeth, a terrifying trait that might have been shared by Tyrannosaurus Rex, scientists have found. Researchers at King’s College London discovered that the serrated teeth of the giant lizards are tipped with iron, helping ...

Just beneath their scales, Komodo dragons wear a suit of armor made of tiny bones. These bones cover the dragons from head to tail, creating a "chain mail" that protects the giant predators. However, the armor raises a question: What does the world's ...

A voracious Komodo dragon made it to the top of Reddit’s r/WTF thread this week after it was caught on camera consuming an entire monkey, nose to tail, in one extended shot. It’s a bit horrific, sure, until you reflect on the enormous amounts of food ...

Using tongues so long Gene Simmons would be green with envy, the Komodo dragons slowly explored their new digs at the Nashville Zoo Tuesday. Funds for the enclosure — the largest in the Americas — were donated by the Patton family, who were on hand for ...

A female Komodo dragon at the Chattanooga Zoo reproduced without a mate. DNA tests on her three hatchlings revealed she gave birth to them without fertilization. Few species are capable of this feat, called parthenogenesis. Visit BGR's homepage for ...

You've probably heard of the fearsome komodo dragon, a monitor lizard belonging to the Varanidae family, known for their lethal bites and incredible strength and speed. Komodo's have a fearsome reputation because, well, they've earned it. This is a species ...

Indonesian rescuers are searching for four members of a Spanish family after their tour boat sank near Padar Island.