A muscular carnivore armed with sharp teeth, Varanus komodoensis dines on prey as large as deer, wild boar, and water buffalo. As formidable as the Komodo dragon seems, it’s very much at risk.

There are many animals in the world, but some can be dangerous to humans. The most dangerous animals impress not only with ...

T he Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is an endangered species endemic to just four small islands of Indonesia: its ...

Varanus komodoensis has the lizard lifestyle down—basking in the sun, hunting and scavenging, laying and guarding eggs with no intention of being a parent after they hatch. Dragons put in a good ...

Experiments on captive rock monitors (Varanus albigularis) suggest that these lizards can "count." In 2020, researchers tested the memories of two species of monitor lizard and found they could ...

Some animals, like Komodo dragons and sharks, were found to reproduce without mating, a process termed parthenogenesis. California condors, stick insects, blind snakes, tardigrades, and some fish ...

On a deserted island the crew, led by ex-soldier Cao Yue, filming TV reality show about survival. They meet tidal waves of insects on their way, battling hermit crabs and fights to the death ...