The Komodo dragon, on the other hand, has strong glands that are loaded with poison. These results don’t discredit the salivary bacteria idea, but Fry has little time for it.

We often hear people talking about venomous and poisonous animals, so you’d easily be forgiven for thinking that they mean ...

The serrated edge of a Komodo dragon's tooth is coated in iron, scientists in London discovered.. ... the lizards are illegally killed by villagers who poison bait to lower the population.

Komodo dragons — the world’s largest lizards, which can grow to 10 feet in length — carry deadly bacteria in their saliva, which they use to poison their dinner with a swift bite.

Researchers from Rutgers University in the U.S. and the University of New South Wales in Australia discovered what the Komodo Dragon lacks in bite it makes up for with its hulk, razor-sharp teeth ...

Sixteen species were tested including the Komodo dragon. (Supplied: Bryan Fry)"Blood clots are a huge public health concern ranging from deep vein thrombosis to stroke to types of heart attack ...

Like humans, captive Komodo dragons tend to impose their microbes upon their environments. Lefteris / iStock. The “all-purpose killing machine” that is the Komodo dragon has long fascinated ...

The Komodo dragon, I ... poison them to protect their goats. A small local organization, the Komodo Survival Program, was founded by one of Jessop’s Indonesian collaborators.

Consider the Komodo dragon. A hairless creature with thin lips, beady eyes and the hint of a smirk on its face, it stalks animals many times its size. A dragon attack often ends with the prey ...

But that theory was contested in 2005 when Bryan Fry from the University of Melbourne discovered that a close relative, the lace monitor, has venom glands in its mouth.The discovery made Fry suspect ...

Komodo dragons are the biggest lizards, and a new study shows just how dangerous their teeth truly are.. The study, which was led by researchers from King's College London, discovered that the ...