In biology and paleontology (the study of extinct organisms) there are a few ways to estimate the age of an animal's skeleton ...

Scientists discover half-tonne, 15ft giant crocodile that hunted our ancestor ‘Lucy’ - Extinct crocodile species had peculiar ...

A Nile Crocodile that was spotted relaxing in a pool on the beach was recently rescued by Crow before its untimely passing.

Researchers led by the University of Iowa have described and named a new crocodile species that roamed a region in Africa ...

Crocodiles do have salt glands and can tolerate salt water to some extent, but they would have to acclimatise to such conditions such as those in St Lucia.

While the lion may be the king of the jungle in the wide open plains of Africa, the boss is a different story. Whether you ...

The reptile was named Crocodylus lucivenator, meaning “Lucy’s hunter.” The name references Lucy, one of the most famous early human ancestors ever discovered. Lucy lived about 3.2 million years ago ...

Few animal stories sit as uneasily between fact and folklore as the tale of Gustave, the massive Nile crocodile blamed for years of deadly attacks in Central Africa. Depending on who tells it, he was ...

DNA testing will be conducted on a Nile crocodile found wedged between rocks on Pennington Beach on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast to determine where i ...

Meet Lucy's hunter, a massive, horned crocodile that likely terrorized early human ancestors in ancient Ethiopia.

Do the bones of all Nile crocodiles have the same number of growth marks as their age? And can such growth rings be counted to accurately gauge the age of these reptiles? Is this also an accurate ...