People often get confused when they see Crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus) and Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) at the ...

South Florida is widely cited as the only region in the United States where American alligators and American crocodiles occur in the same wild landscape, with Everglades National Park best known for ...

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 ...

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

Snakes have lost the gene that encodes ghrelin, a hormone that helps regulate hunger in many vertebrates, according to a new study.

Advocates say alligator farming has turned the demand for boots and bags into a boost for a species often seen as scary, ...

In reptiles, a simple temperature change can determine whether an egg develops into a male or female. This process is formally known as temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD), in which the sex ...

These wetlands, these alligators … it has to have some kind of monetary value,” said George Melancon, alligator research biologist for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

After the alligator was listed as endangered, the state proposed boosting numbers by having farmers raise them for meat and skins, but releasing some back into the wild. (AP Video: Joshua A. Bickel) A ...

Can crocodiles and alligators co-exist in the wild? The answer is yes – but there is only one place on the planet where this happens.

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