A Komodo dragon takes down prey much larger than itself using a powerful, bacteria- and venom-filled bite that weakens the animal over time, patiently tracking it for hours or even days until it ...

Footage from the Cincinnati Zoo captured the moment a Timor zebra finch rested atop a Komodo dragon while cleaning it, in a ...

Komodo dragons are back at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium.Zoo officials showed them off Wednesday morning during a media event.In Photos: New Komodo dragons arrive at Pittsburgh Zoo"One of the guys ...

For decades, scientists believed Komodo dragons killed through deadly bacteria living in their saliva, but newer research revealed something far more dangerous hiding behind their bite . These giant ...

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 ...

TAMPA, Fla. — 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 ...

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 — ...

Previously off the beaten path, Komodo island is now one of Indonesia’s most popular travel destinations. Reinhard Dirscherl / Visuals Unlimited. Inc. It didn’t seem prudent to bring two small ...

Komodo dragon teeth are ironclad. Literally. The serrated edges and tips of the reptiles’ razor-sharp chompers are lined with a layer of iron, researchers report July 24 in Nature Ecology & Evolution.

Sorry, Kadal, you are not the father! When the Chattanooga Zoo announced last September that Charlie, the zoo’s female Komodo dragon, birthed three hatchlings, zoo ...