From the Komodo dragon’s brute strength to the crocodile monitor’s agility, the world’s biggest lizards are as fascinating as ...

First transmitted in 1956, the Zoo Quest team sail to Komodo island, the home of a giant lizard known as the Komodo dragon ... comes face to face with the prehistoric-looking creatures.

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.

Luckily, infant dragons are very agile, and quickly learn to escape the hungry adults by climbing trees. 2. They are capable of ‘virgin birth’ Komodo dragons are one of the only animals able ...

Two formidable Komodo dragons wrestle along the majestic coast of Komodo National Park. Andrey had visited many times, hoping to capture the spectacular fights between males during the summer breeding ...

‘There was something extremely prehistoric about this titanic battle as the claws grated against the scales,’ says Tom. ‘I felt like it was almost a snapshot back to a bygone age.’ With fewer than ...

Jurassic Park may have been a work of complete fantasy, but the first sight of Komodo National Park islands ... heavy hitters here are true relics of a prehistoric age. As a tropical country ...

The Komodo dragons likely evolved in Australia and ... This reptile, which has barely changed in over 200 million years, belongs to a prehistoric order that once dominated the planet.