Komodo Island and its nine-foot-long monitor lizard, the Komodo dragon, were once about as ... Even the vegetation is reptilian: Crocodile trees with spiky bark sprout from volcanic soils, while ...

Monitor lizards are a genus of large lizards found in Africa, Southern Asia, and Australia. There are 80 recognized species ...

Species like the saltwater crocodile, green anaconda, and Komodo dragon are highlighted for their size and impact. They face threats from global warming, pollution, and poaching, needing ...

They evolved from giant monitor lizards ... large ‘land crocodile’. He set out to investigate and came back with photos and a skin. Planet Earth II: How to get a Komodo dragon out of your ...