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

Komodo dragons are some of the fiercest predators in the whole world, and they have massive appetites for animals you probably didn’t know could eat. These intimidating creatures will eat ...

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 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.

Is that a lizard? Is that a Komodo dragon? No, it's something much bigger and badder - a dinosaur! And not just one, an ...

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 ...

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

"In this incident, two male Komodo Dragons unintentionally entered the same cage and attacked each other. The injured employee instinctively tried to intervene and was injured by the larger male ...

the Komodo dragon. The largest extant lizard on the planet, these fearsome creatures draw huge crowds of ecotourists to the island in the hopes of catching a glimpse of a few individuals—and for ...

Two formidable Komodo dragons wrestle along the majestic coast of Komodo National Park. Andrey had visited many times, hoping to capture the spectacular fights between males during the summer breeding ...