The Komodo dragon, a venomous giant lizard native to Indonesian islands, faces endangerment with fewer than 6,000 remaining.

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 ...

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.

The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is a monitor lizard, the largest in existence. It is predominant in Komodo Island, hence its name, ‘Komodo Dragon’. Adult Komodos typically grow to a ...

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 ...

The study, which was led by researchers from King's College London, discovered that the Komodo dragon's teeth are coated in a thin layer of iron, making them look orange. While some reptiles have ...

There aren’t many scenarios in which getting a good look at a bunch of Komodo dragon teeth ends well. The massive lizard’s mouth holds 60 serrated teeth, each up to an inch long, that get ...

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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FUENGIROLA, Spain, March 28 (Reuters) - Five Komodo dragon hatchlings have been born at a zoo in Spain, the first successful breeding of the world's largest lizard - an endangered species - in the ...