Komodo dragons, the giant among living lizards, live on the small Indonesian island of Komodo. Monitors feed on various kinds of animal matter, including eggs, rats, frogs, and decaying meat.

Bali. His Komodo project, orig-inating as a population genetic study, has broadened to include behav-ioral ecology and demography and the consequent protection of habitat and involvement of indigenous

The Komodo dragon genome is an important resource for understanding the biology of monitor lizards and reptiles worldwide.

The Komodo dragon’s sense of smell is their primary method of detecting food. Using their forked tongues, they test the air for the scent of warm-blooded animals.

Here we use genetic fingerprinting to identify parthe-nogenetic offspring produced by two female Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis) that had been kept at separate institutions and isolated …

Scientists and conservationists in Indonesia and around the world can help Komodo dragons. Many local people work to protect their special lizards.

Komodo dragons are the largest living lizard, with a long, flat head, rounded snout, scaly skin, bowed legs, and huge, muscular tails, which are as long as its body. Their skin is reinforced by armored …