For years, scientists assumed that the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) was a single species, with a range spanning from Baja, California, to Venezuela, including the Caribbean.It turns out ...

In Costa Rica, the exact number of American crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus) remains unknown, despite signs of population recovery in recent decades. To address this... Costa Rica’s push to modernize ...

Both locations lie just off the eastern coast of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. These findings challenge long-standing assumptions about the American crocodile, Crocodylus acutus, which was thought to be ...

In a major breakthrough for conservation biology, researchers from McGill University and Mexico have identified two new crocodile species living in isolation on Cozumel and Banco Chinchorro in the ...

The Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) is one of the largest crocodilian species, with males growing up to 16-20 feet long and weighing up to 1,650 pounds. Meanwhile, the common hippopotamus ...

Brain of Pseudopimelodus bufonius, MZUEL 5744, 118.2 mm SL, in (a) dorsal, (b) lateral and (c) ventral views, and (d) dorsal and (e) ventral views of olfactory organ. bol: bulbus olfactorius; ch: ...

The Amazon basin is the largest hydrographic basin in the world, its rivers and streams harbor the highest diversity of freshwater fish on the planet, with more than 2.400 described species, being ...

The Tiwi Islands, located north of Darwin in the Northern Territory, include Australia's second and fifth largest islands - Melville and Bathurst. There are three major Tiwi seasons - Kumunupunari, ...