Komodo dragons are incredible animals. They're lizards, but they have a number of unique tweaks to their chemistry that gives them advantages often only seen in mammals. To figure out how these large ...

ST. LOUIS — The Saint Louis Zoo has welcomed a new resident this fall — a six-year-old male Komodo dragon named Charlie. He will be the first of his species to live at the Zoo in more than 12 years ...

Komodo dragons are the world’s largest lizards (approximately 10 feet long and 150 pounds) and are known for their venomous bites. Their habitat is restricted to a collection of Indonesian islands.

Komodo dragons are an astonishing sight, their intimidating size only augmented by their venomous bites and keen hunting abilities. Capable of long-distance travel and dominating most other animals, ...

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.

Who doesn’t want dragon blood coursing through their veins? Washington, DC, researchers have devised an unlikely antidote to antibiotic-resistant bacteria: drugs made from Komodo dragon blood. The ...