The Komodo dragon, like most other reptiles, including the extinct theropod dinosaurs, replaces its teeth continuously throughout its life. The histology—a common technique for studying the ...

Komodo dragons were all alone.” So Ciofi expanded his research. He sought to understand every aspect of a dragon’s life ... and its dinosaur ancestor lived 200 million years ago.

“We want to use this similarity to learn more about how carnivorous dinosaurs might have eaten and if they used iron in their teeth the same way as the Komodo dragon.” He added that current ...

This story appears in the November 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. The Komodo dragon, the largest species of lizard now alive, can grow to 10 feet long and nearly 200 pounds.

Their unique, dinosaur-like appearance attracts busloads ... The fight for Dragon Island Tourist attacked by Komodo dragon The local government hopes that the raised ticket prices will reduce ...

This was only discovered in 2006, when a dragon called Flora mothered five baby dragons at Chester Zoo, despite never having been kept with a male. According to Joe Capon of London Zoo ...