The Nile Crocodile is one of the largest freshwater predators to live in the whole of Africa. It isn’t too uncommon to hear about these massive predators weighing in over a ton, and they get fairly ...

More than 3 million years ago, when our ancient ancestors embodied by the iconic Lucy were roaming the African landscape, they would have feared a big, bad crocodile with a prominent lump on its head, ...

The sight of a saltwater crocodile basking on a mudbank is one of the most iconic and intimidating images of northern Australia. Yet the crocodiles that inhabit the region today are just the survivors ...

A crocodile the size of a small bus once ruled the rivers and lakes of ancient Kenya. Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni, the biggest ...

Imagine a crocodile that would rather sprint than swim. It dashes over dry ground on long, slender legs like a reptilian greyhound. Instead of lurking in murky rivers, this Triassic predator moved ...

A University of Iowa-led research team looks forward to paleontologists paying more attention to lesser researched species, such as crocodiles, after adding a new apex predator to the fossil record.

The SAPS and the SPCA raided a Springs residence, seizing two Nile crocodiles kept illegally for over two years after a ...

The crocodile’s death roll may seem savage, but scientists say it’s actually an elegant evolutionary solution to a major ...