The study, which was led by researchers from King's College London, discovered that the Komodo dragon's teeth are coated ... killed by villagers who poison bait to lower the population.

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 ...

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

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.

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