The Draco lineatus group is a monophyletic assemblage confined to islands within Wallacea. Nine species are recognized, including two described as new. For each species, a synonymy, diagnosis, ...

The dragons in the Harry Potter movies fly using wings made from modified forelimbs, just as birds and bats do. But real dragons — gliding lizards of the genus Draco — form their “wings” from flaps of ...

The flying dragons of the hill forests of South India don’t proclaim their presence with fanfare. Instead, they stay hidden from predators, virtually indistinguishable from the lichen-speckled ...

As it turns out, dragons do exist. Well, these little guys technically aren’t dragons, but they are flying lizards, which seems pretty close. The tiny lizards are known as “Draco volans,” and over the ...

The discovery of new fossils suggest gigantic dragons were flying around Earth alongside dinosaurs 86 million years ago. Scientists in Argentina discovered a new species of flying reptiles as long as ...

As a young boy, renowned reptile expert and conservationist Romulus (“Rom”) Whitaker dreamed of finding dragons. Years later, the successful herpetologist decided to set out to discover the real-life ...