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 ...

Analysis - In biology and palaeontology (the study of extinct organisms) there are a few ways to estimate the age of an animal's skeleton. One is the extent of fusion of sutures in the skeleton - how ...

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 ...

The Karoo Origins Fossil Centre in Graaff-Reinet showcases ancient life, highlighting Professor Bruce Rubidge’s passionate journey from childhood fossil discoveries to a world-class palaeontological ...

Researchers from the University of Cape Town challenge a long-held belief about estimating the ages of crocodiles and dinosaurs, revealing that growth marks in bones may not be as reliable as ...

The poodle-sized reptile that lived over 200 million years ago was among creatures that had features similar to dinosaurs it lived beside.

Researchers discovered that a 215-million-year-old reptile started life on four legs and switched to two as an adult.

Paleontologists have often determined how old a dinosaur was by counting the growth rings in its bones. Just like with trees, ...

A "peculiar" ancient relative of the crocodile which experts believe began life on four legs before, in adulthood, it learned ...

Sonselasuchus cedrus, discovered in fossils from Arizona, was a crocodile relative from the Triassic period that grew into an ...

If you thought that crocodiles were menacing enough, be glad that you didn’t live in Arizona some 225–201 million years ...