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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 ...

If a pharma company wants to understand the market for its next drug, or an insurance provider wants to assess which patients might be at higher risk for illness, they increasingly turn to Komodo ...

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.

The Labuan Bajo Flores Authority (BPOLBF) ensured the safety of Komodo National Park in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara, ...

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 ...

2. They are capable of ‘virgin birth’ Komodo dragons are one of the only animals able to reproduce without male fertilisation. This is due to a process of asexual reproduction known as ...

Perentie lizards, or Varanus giganteus, are native to Australia and one of the world's largest lizards, dwarfed only by the ...