There, dragons are very real … albeit a bit smaller than the Game of Thrones version. Draco lizards are abundant in forests and jungles in Asia and Southern India, and their range extends to ...

The Komodo dragon, the largest species of lizard now alive, can grow to 10 feet long and nearly 200 pounds. A muscular carnivore armed with sharp teeth, Varanus komodoensis dines on prey as large ...

The dragons from Game of Thrones may be fictitious, but some of these real-life animals aren't so different. The closest were the pterosaurs, whose name literally translates to "winged lizard".