A recent study led by the University of Oxford reveals that the most endangered turtle and crocodile species are also the most unique, with their…
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A Nile crocodile swallows an impala, its reward for lying in wait beneath the water’s surface. By resurrecting the hemoglobin of ancient crocodilian ancestors, a…
American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus). This species of crocodile is native to the Americas, ranging from the southeastern United States to northern South America. It is…
There are currently 18 living species of crocodiles. Large crocodiles can grow over 17 feet long. Researchers find crocodile species that likely preyed on early…
Nuclear techniques confirm rare finding that crocodile devoured a baby dinosaur. Credit: Dr. Matt White/Australian Age of Dinosaurs Advanced nuclear and synchrotron imaging has confirmed…
There are two main reasons crocodiles survived the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. First, crocodiles can live for a very long time without food. Second,…
A new species of large prehistoric croc that roamed south-east Queensland’s waterways millions of years ago has been documented by University of Queensland researchers. PhD…
This image shows frog embryos in eggs. Credit: Nicolas Mathevon It’s well known that reptiles depend on temperature cues while in the egg to determine…
A skull of the extinct horned crocodile from Madagascar (Voay robustus), which is part of the American Museum of Natural History’s paleontology collection. Credit: M.…
Artist’s impression of Macrospondylus- an extinct fossil group of teleosauriods. Credit: Nikolay Zverkov Scientists probing a prehistoric crocodile group’s shadowy past have discovered a timeless…
New research by scientists at the University of Bristol explains how a “stop-start” pattern of evolution, governed by environmental change, could explain why crocodiles have…
An illustration of Deinosuchus from the journal’s cover. Credit: Illustration by Tyler Stone BA ’19, art and cinema; see his website https://tylerstoneart.wordpress.com A new study,…
Life appearance of Crocodylus checchiai from As Sahabi (Libya). The reconstruction is based on the information from literature13,14,15 updated with the complete cranium sn813/lj. Credit:…
When is bigger better? What does the term crocodylian bring to mind? A big reptile with a chomping jaw? Crocodylians are the 27 species of…