Even more dangerous, Komodo dragon saliva is full of deadly bacteria. Their venomous bite isn't just painful ... Habitat loss, climate change and human encroachment have rendered them an ...

As formidable as the Komodo dragon seems, it’s very much at risk. On seven Indonesian islands that are the only places the species lives in the wild, humans burn its habitat to clear land and ...

In addition to being Earth’s largest living lizard, behavior like human-eating ... once believed Komodo dragons had saliva ...

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

Komodo dragons have a particularly gruesome hunting technique. The lizards’ infectious saliva means that they can kill much larger animals with a single bite. After attacking, Komodo dragons ...

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 ...