An avid hunter, the Komodo dragon can hit 12 miles an hour in short ... Scavenging takes less energy than hunting, and the dragons can detect the scent of a rotting carcass from miles away.

The Komodo dragon, I believe, taps into our basic fears ... a tiny dragon that had risked a visit to the ground and was hunting for insects in the leaf litter. By noon, we were out of the forest ...

For those imagining a Komodo dragon scaling a tree and hunting for monkeys in the forest canopy, unfortunately, that’s a bit of a stretch. Although they’re faster and stronger than they look ...

Komodo dragons have a particularly gruesome hunting technique ... Planet Earth II: How to get a Komodo dragon out of your bathroom Planet Earth II: How to get a Komodo dragon out of your bathroom ...

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.

From the Komodo dragon’s brute strength to the crocodile monitor’s agility, the world’s biggest lizards are as fascinating as ...

Both the komodo dragon and king cobra have acute but well differentiated sensory apparatus for hunting down prey; however, that sensory nasal perception is very different at the end of both the ...

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 ...

the home of a giant lizard known as the Komodo dragon. Show more First transmitted in 1956, the Zoo Quest team sails to Komodo island, the home of a giant lizard known as the Komodo dragon.