HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Smaug, the Houston Zoo's 17-year-old Komodo dragon was euthanized on Tuesday. The zoo says the decision was made after scans showed a severe lumbar spinal cord compression. The ...

Witness the legendary confrontation between brave Bilbo Baggins and the mighty Smaug in the heart of Erebor! This epic lotr ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Many people are keeping an eye on Smaug these days, and it's not because he's breathing fire like his Tolkien namesake. Smaug, the 16-year-old Komodo dragon at the Houston Zoo, is ...

With the last episode of “The Colbert Report” imminent, host Stephen Colbert is using his last few installments to go out with a bang — or in this case, a blaze of dragon fire. Colbert, a noted ...

LOS ANGELES — With the last episode of “The Colbert Report” imminent, host Stephen Colbert is using his last few installments to go out with a bang — or in this case, a blaze of dragon fire. Colbert, ...

Sometimes even dragons need a little medical help. Last year, zookeepers at the Houston Zoo noticed that Smaug, a 16-year-old Komodo dragon, wasn't using his right front foot normally. "Occasionally, ...

Smaug, the Houston Zoo’s 9-foot, 208-pound Komodo dragon has been euthanized after a series of protracted health problems. Smaug was 17 years old. Dragons of his kind can live to be 25 years old ...

The people behind the latest Hobbit movie have been pretty mysterious about the title dragon, Smaug. In fact, we haven't even seen the creature in full until now. Rather than simply release a picture, ...

Peter Jackson’s imagining of the dragon will fly into Los Angeles on Monday. By Pip Bulbeck Hobbit fans in New Zealand got the first full look at the dragon Smaug. It’s life-size image was unveiled ...

Okay, so this is Smaug: Smaug is a Komodo dragon at the Houston Zoo. He's clearly a fearsome beast. But about a year ago, zookeepers realized Smaug wasn't using his right front foot properly. He kept ...

With the last episode of The Colbert Report imminent, host Stephen Colbert is using his last few installments to go out with a bang — or in this case, a blaze of dragon fire. "I want you to know that ...