Biologists think tropical animals can’t really adapt when the environment changes – a new study challenges that view.

While the giant ape is often imagined as a supersized gorilla, early inspiration actually came from Komodo dragons observed during a 1926 expedition to Komodo Island. Komodo dragons remain some of ...

Being able to reproduce both sexually and asexually gives the dragons an evolutionary edge, Garcia says. If no mate is handy, a female can bear sons parthenogenetically—and when they’re older, they ...

The latest clues hint at where pterosaurs — the first vertebrates to fly — came from, how they evolved, what they ate and more.

A research team from the National Taiwan Normal University has clarified the status of a secretive reptile. Led by Si-Min Lin ...

Komodo dragons are some of the most powerful and intimidating reptiles on Earth, earning their reputation as the world’s ...

Honoring Dolores Huerta through art, two silent movie screenings, Regarding Her cooking class, Broadway sing-along night and ...

Find out what fossils have revealed about ichthyosaurs, which included the biggest marine reptile that ever lived.

Measuring up to 3 meters long, Komodo dragons are the largest living lizards in the world.

India is home to a variety of interesting species of reptiles, but none are as exciting as the monitor lizards. These are ...

The Komodo dragon, scientifically known as Varanus komodoensis, stands as Earth’s largest living lizard, a formidable predator native to a small number of Indonesian islands. Revered for its size, ...

Komodo dragons use a brutal combination of flesh-ripping teeth and venom-laced oral secretions to overpower prey, with newer anatomical work reinforcing a scientific view that has steadily displaced ...