Rob Pilley was in Komodo National Park filming a segment for an upcoming PBS documentary called Nature: Spy in the Wild 2. It was early August and the height of the dragon breeding season.

They reach sexual maturity when they are 5 to 7 years old. The Komodo dragon is a solitary creature that lives in hunts alone. Some dragons build or find shallow burrows to keep warm at night ...

Memphis Zoo is reminding people to never throw anything into animal exhibits after a Komodo dragon required medical care after swallowing a shoe.

Jessop, alongside other researchers with the Komodo Survival Program—a non-profit organization devoted to scientific monitoring and management of dragon populations, investigated Komodo dragon ...

Though Komodo dragon attacks on humans are exceptionally rare, they do occasionally occur, mostly when a park guard lets his focus slip for a moment, or a villager has a particularly unlucky day.

As It Happens7:10Not only are Komodo dragon teeth razor sharp; they're also iron coated Not only do Komodo dragons have serrated, razor-sharp teeth that constantly replenish themselves — they're ...

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The hatchlings represent new genetics to the North American Komodo dragon population and was imported from the Prague Zoo. Though the hatchlings weighed in at just 100 grams when they first ...