Komodo dragons, also known as Komodo monitors, are the largest lizards in the world. As adults, they have an almost-uniform ...

Lizards are those chill, scaly buddies that dart across rocks, climb walls, or just lounge in the sun. They comprise over ...

'Mormon Wives' is clashing with core LDS values and America is eating it up: expert Ford workers told their CEO ‘none of the young people want to work here.’ So Jim Farley took a page out of the ...

Goannas are Australian monitor lizards that wander into schools and urban spaces, drawn by food smells and warmth. There are over two dozen goanna species in mainland Australia, occupying diverse ...

Natural predators aren't just fearsome hunters. They are ecosystem architects that sculpt wild landscapes, influence ...

Nature doesn’t always play by the rules. For every majestic lion or elegant eagle, there’s a creature so bizarre it looks like a science experiment gone rogue.

So Dilophosaurus is no longer believed to have been venomous; but what about other dinosaurs?  In 2009, a small, feathered carnivore from Cretaceous China called Sinornithosaurus was also speculated ...

Things are about to get even wilder at the San Antonio Zoo. From 10 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, the zoo will be invite guests to watch animals, including lions, tigers and black Bears, eat prey ...

The dragons, both males, are believed to be the first in North America known to have hatched by parthenogenesis, which occurs naturally in some species, including invertebrates and lower plants. It ...

The people have spoken: two Komodo dragons at the Toronto Zoo have officially been named. On Nov. 16, the Toronto Zoo asked for the community’s help in naming two of their new four-year-old dragons.

They are known for their sharp teeth, venomous saliva, and ability to hunt large prey like deer and wild pigs.

Octavio Peña is a writer and recipe developer living in San Jose, California. His work has appeared in KQED, Serious Eats, Food & Wine, Metro Silicon Valley, The Kitchn and more. Nestled under San ...