This monitor lizard is a crucial part of its environment, balancing ecosystems with its hunting prowess and fascinating behaviors. An adult Komodo dragon can grow up to 10 feet (3.1 meters ...

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 ...

Komodo dragons were all alone ... from habitat loss to climate change. Of course monitor lizards, as the dragon’s family of animals is known, have survived many cycles of change.

Komodo dragons, the world’s largest species of ... The next task is to analyze fossilized monitor lizard teeth and look for ...

The Komodo dragon, the largest species of lizard now alive, can grow to 10 feet long and nearly 200 pounds. A muscular carnivore armed with sharp teeth, Varanus komodoensis dines on prey as large ...

According to Joe Capon of London Zoo, Komodo dragons have been a stable species for 90 million years. They evolved from giant monitor lizards from Australia, but have been isolated so long that ...

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 ...

the home of a giant lizard known as the Komodo dragon. Show more First transmitted in 1956, the Zoo Quest team sails to Komodo island, the home of a giant lizard known as the Komodo dragon.

The large lizard that was lost was a Komodo dragon, and was named Murphy, according to an announcement made Wednesday by the zoo. He pleased visitors at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in ...

Two formidable Komodo dragons wrestle along the majestic coast of Komodo National ... They are the world’s largest lizards. Canon EOS−1D X 100−400mm f4.5−5.6 lens at 100mm 1/2000 sec at f7.1 Komodo ...

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 ...

are native to Australia and one of the world’s largest lizards, dwarfed only by the Komodo dragon and a few others. “It is incredibly rewarding for our team to experience success breeding this ...