The Komodo dragon, the largest lizard species ... Komodo dragons move slightly faster than monitor lizards. Komodo dragons can run at about 12 miles per hour, while monitor lizards, such as ...

Despite their ungainly appearance, the carnivorous reptiles can run as fast as a dog in short ... Last month a park ranger survived after a Komodo dragon climbed the ladder into his hut and ...

They’ll likely be empty, but if you’re lucky, you’ll draw near, and there it will be: the world’s biggest lizard, a grim-faced giant known as the Komodo dragon. The man who devised this ...

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 ...

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.

the home of a giant lizard known as the Komodo dragon. Show more First transmitted in 1956, the Zoo Quest team sails to Komodo island, the home of a giant lizard known as the Komodo dragon.

LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia – I am in Komodo National Park, observing an endangered Komodo dragon rest its paunch on the soil. The indolent lizard hardly moves – it feels almost inert ...