Most people have difficulty tell alligators and crocodiles apart—it’s all about the snout. But telling one crocodile from another is a much more difficult, specialized task. That's why it took ...

There are 16 species of crocodiles in the world. While they all have sharp teeth, some are less dangerous to humans, while ...

While studying the critically endangered slender-snouted crocodile, researchers made a startling discovery — what they thought was one species is actually two. The discovery raises concerns about ...

MIAMI — For nearly 85 years, crocodile experts knew of just three species in Africa — the dwarf, Nile and slender-snouted. Researchers, including Matthew Shirley from Florida International ...

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — The St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park announced the hatching of seven African Dwarf Crocodiles (Osteolaemus afzelii), marking a milestone in reptilian conservation.

A resemblance between a long-lost African crocodile and modern American crocs goes beyond the shared bump on their snouts. “It really looks like an American true crocodile, but it comes from Africa,” ...

A cave-dwelling population of dwarf crocodile in Gabon is already notable for being orange. New research indicates that it has so heavily adapted to its extreme environment that it's splitting off to ...

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More than a dozen crocodiles that went missing from breeding ponds after heavy rains that pummelled South Africa's Durban city and swamped a crocodile farm, have been found, a conservancy said ...

July 23 (UPI) --Novel bone structures found on the skull of Crocodylus checchiai, an extinct African crocodile species, suggest American crocodiles originated in Africa, according to a study published ...

MIAMI – For nearly 85 years, crocodile experts knew of just three species in Africa – the dwarf, Nile and slender-snouted. Researchers, including Matthew Shirley from Florida International ...