Charlie dragon gets his name from Zoo Director Emeritus Charles Hoessle. Dragons like him can grow to 10 ft in length and 300 ...

ST. LOUIS — The Saint Louis Zoo has welcomed a new resident this fall — a six-year-old male Komodo dragon named Charlie. He will be the first of his species to live at the Zoo in more than 12 years ...

Visitors to the Saint Louis Zoo’s Charles H. Hoessle Herpetarium over the past few weeks will have noticed a long black curtain covering one wall of the building’s main atrium. It’s there to protect ...

ST. LOUIS – The Saint Louis Zoo is welcoming a new resident. Charlie, a Komodo dragon, came to the zoo Sept. 20 from the Bronx Zoo in New York through the Komodo Dragon Species Survival Plan to ...

The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is the largest reptile on the planet. These massive monitor lizards can grow to over 10 feet in length and weigh upwards of 300 pounds. They are classified as ...

The Komodo dragon doesn’t chase, it waits. This video reveals the chilling strategy behind how the world’s largest lizard takes down prey up to 20 times its size. With a bite that delivers more than ...

A rare predator with a “strong venomous bite” welcomed a pair of tiny babies at a Florida zoo. The little ones who emerged from their eggs are Komodo dragons, the largest lizard species in the world. ...

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 ...

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.