zoo officials said Thursday. Perentie lizards, or Varanus giganteus, are native to Australia and one of the world's largest lizards, dwarfed only by the Komodo dragon and a few others.

Not only is the Omaha Zoo massive (spanning over 160 acres ... This exhibit is the world's largest indoor desert, encompassing 84,000 square feet on two separate levels. The entire area is ...

The Smithsonian is the world’s largest museum complex, with 21 museums and the National Zoo. Eleven museums are located along the National Mall in Washington, D.C., six others and the Smithsonian’s ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo is warming up to a new monitor ... That’s about average for Komodo dragons. They are the world’s largest lizards and can reach lengths of about 10 feet.

Giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao made their debut at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. on Friday (January 24), to the ...

The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums, 14 education and research centers, and the National Zoo—shaping the future by preserving ...

A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed in to a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they’d ever seen. Fittingly named Hemsworth ...

Spanning 100 acres in Balboa Park, the San Diego Zoo is not only one of the largest zoos in the country, it's also home to one of the largest collections of rare and endangered animals in the ...

A jumbo operation is moving 20 elephants across the breadth of India to the mammoth private zoo set up by the son of Asia's richest man, adjoining a sprawling oil refinery.