Komodo dragons have iron-coated, serrated teeth, a study has found. Scientists have discovered that the edges of Komodo dragons’ teeth are tipped with the metal. The findings shed new light ...

The Komodo dragons likely evolved in Australia ... them one of Australia's most iconic evolutionary relics. Long before dinosaurs existed, horseshoe crabs scuttled along ancient shorelines and ...

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.

2. They are capable of ‘virgin birth’ Komodo dragons are one of the only animals able to reproduce without male fertilisation. This is due to a process of asexual reproduction known as ...

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 ...