Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This lizard’s physiology rewrites what we thought reptiles ...

The passing of a dragon should not be ignored, especially if the creature lived among us in the District, and was a powerful and even dangerous animal truly known even to scholars as a dragon. The ...

The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is considered the most impressive reptile of our time. But the more researchers study it, the clearer it becomes: This animal is not just large and dangerous—it ...