Researchers have found a troubling link between tourism and the survival of Earth's largest lizard, according to Tempo.

Komodo dragon The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is the largest lizard in the world, growing to an average length of 2-3 meters (10 feet). It is a member of the monitor lizard family, Varanidae, ...

ST. LOUIS — The Saint Louis Zoo has welcomed a new resident this fall — a six-year-old male Komodo dragon named Charlie. He ...

The Komodo dragon lumbered into the spotlight Monday as Google honored the giant lizards that dwell on volcanic islands in Indonesia's Komodo National Park. About 5,700 of the lizards live at the park ...

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 parthenogenesis. This was only discovered in 2006, ...

Dragons may come from the land Down Under. Scientists now find that the world’s largest living lizard species, the Komodo dragon, most likely evolved in Australia and dispersed westward to its current ...

Charlie dragon gets his name from Zoo Director Emeritus Charles Hoessle. Dragons like him can grow to 10 ft in length and 300 ...

Keepers at the San Diego Zoo Visitors strapped a camera to one of the largest lizards in the world. Inside his exhibit at the Reptile House Sunny the Komodo Dragon looked like your typical tourist, ...

A 5-foot-long lizard with a bite capable of taking down water buffalo became the latest addition to the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse following an exhibit unveiling ceremony Friday. Naga, a ...

Visitors to the Saint Louis Zoo’s Charles H. Hoessle Herpetarium over the past few weeks will have noticed a long black curtain covering one wall of the building’s main atrium. It’s there to protect ...

Nicolas Cage talks his new movie ‘Pig’, reveals his favorite fast food and why he’s amazed by Komodo dragons. The famed Indonesian island, home to the rare Komodo dragon, will be closed in 2020 after ...