On 16, 2024, @vitorcosta688 shared a video from Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, where a dog successfully chased away a ...

Found only in Indonesia, the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) roams the rugged terrain of islands like Komodo Island and ...

An avid hunter, the Komodo dragon can hit 12 miles an hour in short ... always on the lookout for food, alive or dead. Scavenging takes less energy than hunting, and the dragons can detect the ...

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.