A team of Egyptian paleontologists has uncovered a remarkable fossil that alters our understanding of crocodile evolution. Found deep in Egypt’s Western Desert, the newly identified species, ...

Deep in the Nubia, a region along the Nile in southern Egypt, a baby crocodile sits on Mamdouh Hassan's shoulder to wow tourists. The reptiles are a source of income for Egypt's Nubian minority, with ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: “Wadisuchus provides critical insights into the early diversification, palaeobiogeography, and cranial evolution of Dyrosauridae, confirming ...

In the Western Desert of Egypt, an ancient crocodile-like species was found. Mihajlo Stojkovic via Unsplash During the era of the late Cretaceous, the land that now sits in modern-day Egypt was far ...

A pair of ancient nobles died thousands of years ago and were buried in nearby tombs in Egypt. Excavations of these graves revealed a first-of-its-kind discovery. Archaeologists in Luxor excavated two ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 80-million-year-old fossils revealed that this dyrosaurid species began to diversify millions of years earlier than previously ...