The Smithsonian’s National Zoo announces the death of Murphy, the Komodo dragon who was a crowd-pleaser for nearly 25 years.

Staff at Smithsonian’s National Zoo in the District are mourning the death of a male gray seal, Gunther, at the age of 33, ...

Reptile Discovery Center staff at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute’s (NZCBI) campus in Washington, D.C., are mourning the loss of Murphy, a 26-year-old male Komodo ...

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 ...

OSHA did not identify any deficiencies in the information provided by the Akron Zoo. "In this incident, two male Komodo Dragons unintentionally entered the same cage and attacked each other.

An Akron Zoo employee is recovering after being attacked by a Komodo dragon. SUBSCRIBE: Get the day's top headlines sent to your inbox each weekday morning with the free 3News to GO! newsletter ...

As well as eating birds, pigs, deer and buffalo, dragons eat other dragons, particularly newborn babies. Luckily, infant dragons are very agile, and quickly learn to escape the hungry adults by ...

That was the first confirmation of parthenogenesis in captive Komodo dragons; scientists now believe it “happens very often,” says Gerardo Garcia, Chester Zoo’s curator of lower vertebrates ...

Visitors can see the father in the zoo's Australia section by the Komodo dragon habitat. Adult perentie lizards can reach more than 8 feet (2.4 meters) in length and can weigh more than 40 pounds ...

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

Two endangered Komodo dragons have been born at a zoo, joining a "vitally important" international conservation breeding programme. The hatchlings are the world's largest lizard species and will ...