Once bitten, animals often succumb to infection or venom, making the dragon a patient yet deadly predator. While all Komodo dragons belong to the species Varanus komodoensis, researchers have ...

For those imagining a Komodo dragon scaling a tree and hunting for ... They are, however fantastic ambush predators, so they can certainly catch a grounded bird. While most animals strictly ...

This story appears in the November 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. The Komodo dragon, the largest species of lizard now alive, can grow to 10 feet long and nearly 200 pounds.

Klipspringer is a small and agile antelope. It is known for its excellent jumping ability and a compact body. This animal is ...

This was only discovered in 2006, when a dragon called Flora mothered five baby dragons at Chester Zoo, despite never having been kept with a male. According to Joe Capon of London Zoo ...

Staff at Smithsonian’s National Zoo in the District are mourning the death of a male gray seal, Gunther, at the age of 33, the zoo said.

Reptile Discovery Center staff at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute’s (NZCBI) campus in Washington, D.C., are mourning the loss of Murphy, a 26-year-old male Komodo ...

The large lizard that was lost was a Komodo dragon, and was named Murphy, according to an announcement made Wednesday by the zoo. He pleased visitors at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in ...