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 ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo announces the death of Murphy, the Komodo dragon who was a crowd-pleaser for nearly 25 years.

Mosasaurs weren't dinosaurs, but giant marine lizards, relatives of today's Komodo dragons and anacondas ... is based on a skull and parts of the skeleton collected from a phosphate mine southeast ...

The Komodo dragon is the heaviest lizard on earth ... The shells of a turtle and a tortoise are part of their skeleton, it's just on the outside of its body rather than inside it.

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 ...