The Smithsonian’s National Zoo is warming up to a new monitor lizard this winter, a young Komodo dragon named Onyx. Reptile keepers have been working with these lizards for decades, including ...

They took a closer look at the animals and quickly realized they’d discovered a new species: Calotes sinyik, or the Sinyik dragon lizard. Sinyik dragon lizards are considered “small-sized ...

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 ...

Mr Byrne said the creature was so big it was kept in a kennel ... "When we are called out to lizards they are often bearded dragons or sometimes tiny lizards found in suitcases from holidaymakers ...