"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 ...

Komodo dragons, the world's heaviest lizards ... and kill animals with a blow of their powerful tails. Attacks on humans are rare, but Monday's incident is the latest in a series in which the ...

Komodo dragons were all alone ... That, some say, has made the dragons more than a bit peeved. Attacks aren’t common, but recently a few have made the news. Last year a 6.5-foot-long monitor ...

In the wild, a full-grown adult can take down prey as large as a water buffalo, but that kind of attack is rare. Komodo dragons are opportunistic hunters. They will feed on almost any easy meal ...

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.

Komodo dragon vs king cobra: Defensive features Both reptiles can both talk about defensive features that are well adapted to help them evade or withstand attacks from enemies or rivals.

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 ...