Tag Archive for 'Varanus komodoensis'

Pigmented cutting edges in Komodo dragon teeth. Image credit: LeBlanc et al., doi: 10.1038/s41559-024-02477-7.

Komodo Dragons Have Iron-Coated Teeth, New Study Reveals

Jul 24, 2024 by News Staff

Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis) are the largest living predatory lizards and their serrated, curved and blade-shaped teeth make them valuable analogues...

A possible scene at Liang Bua Cave around 70,000 years ago: Leptoptilos robustus challenges a juvenile Komodo dragon for access to the carcass of a dwarf proboscidean while other giant marabou storks, vultures and hominins look on. Image credit: Gabriel Ugueto.

Giant Marabou Storks Lived alongside Mysterious Homo floresiensis

Aug 7, 2022 by Sergio Prostak

Over 50,000 years ago, Leptoptilos robustus — an extinct species of large-bodied stork around 1.8 m tall — co-existed with mysterious miniature...

A paleoreconstruction of the earliest known species of dromaeosaurid dinosaur. Image credit: Julius T. Csotonyi / CC BY 4.0.

Raptorial Dinosaurs Did Not Hunt in Coordinated Packs, Paleontologists Say

May 7, 2020 by News Staff

An analysis of the fossilized teeth of Deinonychus antirrhopus, a species of wolf-sized dromaeosaurid dinosaur that lived between 115 and 108 million years...

Researchers Sequence Genome of Komodo Dragon

Jul 30, 2019 by News Staff

An international team of scientists has mapped and analyzed the entire genome of the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), the largest extant monitor lizard. The...

The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis). Image credit: Jason Buchner.

Researchers Find Antimicrobial Substances in Komodo Dragon Blood

Feb 23, 2017 by News Staff

A team of researchers at the College of Science at George Mason University has detected 48 antimicrobial peptides in the blood plasma of Komodo dragons...