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 ...

Of course monitor lizards, as the dragon’s family of animals is known ... To encourage the lizard to leave, he flicked back, tapping it on the head with his pencil. Apparently it worked.

Relatives of the Komodo—monitor lizards that can grow five to six ... When he scanned a dragon’s head with an MRI device, he found in its gums a series of glands that produce venom.