HOUSTON – The Houston Zoo says its 17-year-old Komodo dragon, named Smaug, was euthanized Tuesday. Experts say it was the humane course of action after "significant lumbar spinal cord compression was ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Zoo Knoxville is mourning the death of one of their star animals: a Komodo dragon named Khaleesi. The zoo said Khaleesi was found dead Monday morning from an apparent infection in ...

For the female Komodo dragon, the zoo is asking people to choose between three names. The first, Ceca, means gold. The next ...

SYRACUSE, NY — County Executive Ryan McMahon and Zoo Director Ted Fox unveiled a Komodo dragon named Naga asthe newest member of the Rosamond Gifford Zoo family on Friday. Naga is an Indonesian name ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — The San Diego Zoo unveiled two new habitats Tuesday -- the Kenneth C. Griffin Komodo Kingdom and the William E. Cole Family Hummingbird Habitat -- which will replace ...

Zoo officials said male Komodo dragons usually live about 20 years, which made Doc one of the oldest recorded members of the largest and fiercest lizard species in the world. He was hatched in 1992.

FORT WORTH — A kitten survived a close call with a Komodo dragon over the weekend at the Fort Worth Zoo. According to the Humane Society of North Texas, a zookeeper found a kitten in a Komodo dragon’s ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) – A Komodo dragon ingested a Memphis Zoo guest’s shoe after they threw it over the glass of the exhibit on Thursday, according to the Memphis Zoo. In a Facebook post, the zoo ...

A Komodo dragon at the Memphis Zoo swallowed a shoe thrown into its enclosure. The zoo's veterinary team successfully removed the shoe and expects the dragon to fully recover. The zoo reminded ...

A police officer and a zoo employee take a Komodo dragon that was found dead in its cage for an autopsy, at Surabaya Zoo in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014. Indonesia's largest ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Officials at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo today introduced their newest animal, a 5-foot-long Komodo dragon. The 6-year-old, 35-pound lizard is named Naga, which means "dragon'' in ...