A 21,000-mile roundtrip to Indonesia to visit the deadly Komodo Dragon interests some intrepids. There are even local tour companies to help facilitate the trip. Worth doing? You be the judge. ByJim ...

Their bite makes you bleed uncontrollably. They can follow you for kilometers waiting for exhaustion to kick in. And once you can’t escape, they’ll start eating you while you’re still alive. Sounds ...

Zoo officials said male Komodo dragons usually live about 20 years, which made Doc one of the oldest recorded members of the largest and fiercest lizard species in the world. He was hatched in 1992.

Iroh, a male juvenile Komodo dragon at the Little Rock Zoo. Credit: Little Rock Zoo The Little Rock Zoo unveiled two new exhibits Tuesday: “The Isle of the Dragon,” featuring two Komodo dragons, and a ...

ST. LOUIS — The Saint Louis Zoo's new Komodo dragon habitat opens this month at the Charles H. Hoessle Herpetarium, and the habitat's first resident is 6-year-old Charlie. Charlie, who measures 6 feet ...

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 ...

S A N   F R A N C I S C O, June 10 -- San Francisco Chronicle executive editorPhil Bronstein underwent foot surgery after being attacked by aKomodo dragon at the Los Angeles Zoo. Bronstein was on ...

The dinosaurs may have vanished millions of years ago, but their distant reptilian relatives still thrive on Earth in fascinating ways. Among them, certain lizard species have evolved into true giants ...

Some trips live in your head long before you ever set foot on the plane. For me, the Komodo National Park in Indonesia was one of them. A dream destination I’d pictured so vividly I could almost feel ...