Customs authorities apprehended a smuggling ring attempting to secretly bring endangered exotic species, including a Komodo ...

South Korean customs have intercepted an attempt to smuggle endangered Komodo dragons, highlighting the dangers of illegal ...

This was only discovered in 2006, when a dragon called Flora mothered five baby dragons at Chester Zoo, despite never having been kept with a male. According to Joe Capon of London Zoo ...

up from 44,000 people in 2008. In July, the local governor said the island needed to be closed to stop tourism from interfering in the mating and hatching processes of the komodo dragon population.

There are fewer than 3,500 Komodo ... dragon species. At one point authorities hoped to ban tourists from the park completely, before in 2019 floating plans to limit entry to those who had signed ...