Reptiles have existed for millions of years, demonstrating remarkable resilience and adaptations. The seven largest reptiles ...

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 ...

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 ...

They’ll likely be empty, but if you’re lucky, you’ll draw near, and there it will be: the world’s biggest lizard, a grim-faced giant known as the Komodo dragon. The man who devised this ...

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 ...

The famed Indonesian island, home to the rare Komodo dragon, will be closed in 2020 after smugglers stole 41 of the giant lizards. A tourist has been attacked by a Komodo dragon in Indonesias ...

The common lizard, smooth snake and slow worm can also be found living in the UK and reptiles are found living all over the world. The Komodo dragon is the heaviest lizard on earth. It lives on land.

Weighing up to 150 kilogrammes, with huge claws and serrated teeth, Komodo dragons rear onto their hind legs to wrestle. In this case it was likely a territorial dispute. These formidable competitors ...