Humans have contended with crocodiles for a really long time. The recent discovery of an ancient crocodilian species sporting a strange snout indicates the reptiles may have even preyed on our ...

Scientists discovered a crocodile relative that is 200 million years old and had two legs. The diversity of reptiles during the Triassic period is shown by this discovery, which is long before ...

Fossils from the Cretaceous period suggest that some prehistoric crocodile-like reptiles may have been far more dangerous than their modern relatives. Massive skulls, powerful jaws, and unusual tooth ...

A research team led by Dr. Márton Rabi from the Biogeology Department of the University of Tübingen, together with Máté ...

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 ...

From horseshoe crabs to crocodiles, some of these creatures have looked about the same for hundreds of millions of years.

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 ...

Crocodiles already inspire fear at their modern size, but today’s saltwater crocodiles are only a shadow of what once lived in Earth’s rivers and wetlands. The fossil record shows that some ...

In a famous fossil bed in Brazil, researchers have discovered a new treasure of ...

Illustration: Márton Zsoldos Artist's impression of the land-dwelling crocodile Doratodon carcharidens. This is what the ...

Crocodiles are among the most powerful reptilian predators on Earth, and none grow larger than the saltwater crocodile. Towering over Nile crocodiles and alligator species in both length and weight, ...

Alligators are impressive predators, but some individuals grow to astonishing sizes that blur the line between alligator and ...