Brett Westwood on the Komodo dragon - myth, monster and reality. With contributions from Mark Carwardine, Antonia Quirke and Joe Capon of the Attenborough Komodo Dragon House. Show more "For me ...

Indonesian tourism workers have gone on strike over a dramatic hike in the price of tickets to see Komodo dragons. Visitors will now be charged 3,750,000 rupiah (£206.40) to visit the main ...

Komodo dragon conservation efforts prove controversial — and dangerous — in Indonesia Komodo dragon conservation efforts prove controversial in Indonesia mongabay.com August 25, 2008 Efforts ...

Komodo dragons are the world's largest lizards. They can grow up to 3m (10ft) long and have razor-sharp teeth and a poisonous bite. Most of them - around 1,700 - live on Komodo Island, and around ...

Komodo dragons, which are cold-blooded creatures with slow metabolisms, have been known to only poop 12 or so times a year. If that’s the case with Godzilla, it’s a big smelly gold medal for Kong.

The Komodo dragon venom consists of a few kinds of toxic proteins, and causes exactly the effect we’ve seen from dragon bites: rapid blood loss, inhibition of clotting, paralysis, and extreme pain.

THIS is the horrific moment a Komodo dragon is caught on camera devouring a giant monkey while its prey is still alive. The highly-venomous beast was caught swallowing down the primate in Indonesia… ...

Komodo dragons "will eat almost anything, including carrion, deer, pigs, smaller dragons and even large water buffalo and humans," according to National Geographic. In 2013, a guide and a park ...

The Komodo dragon - native to the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores and Gili Motang - is one of the world's most fearsome predators, normally feasting on pigs, deer and snakes.

A tourist was attacked by an eight foot long Komodo dragon as the beast clamped its jaws into his leg. Video footage shows the aftermath of the vicious attack, the first incident of a human being ...

But one of the Komodo dragons — believed to have been about 2.5m — clearly thought it was dinner time and pounced. Komodo dragons are the world’s largest lizard.

The Komodo dragon, the largest species of lizard now alive, can grow to 10 feet long and nearly 200 pounds.A muscular carnivore armed with sharp teeth, Varanus komodoensis dines on prey as large ...