There have been surprising revelations in the crocodile world as of late: DNA analysis has revealed that two reptiles once ...

The findings challenge long-held assumptions about the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) and highlight the urgent need for conservation efforts, the researchers say. McGill University ...

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 ...

Speckles, an almost five-metre crocodile, has used his 36 years of wisdom to choose between party leaders in a fun dinnertime tradition at Darwin’s Crocodylus Park. The mammoth saltie was tasked ...

Scientists know of four New World crocodile species, but a new study highlights potential fifth and sixth additions to the reptilian family. The two new crocodile species are each endemic to an ...

Up to this point, scientists had thought that Crocodylus acutus, or the American crocodile, was a single species widespread across the Caribbean and Central America. But recent genetic analyses ...

By analyzing their DNA and comparing physical features like skull shape, the team found surprising differences from the known American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus). These distinctions suggested they ...

The Americas are home to four species of Neotropical crocodiles of the genus Crocodylus. These species live in the warm, tropical regions of the continents, inhabiting coastal, inland and insular ...

This finding led to the discovery of a previously unknown species of crocodile, Crocodylus anthropophagus, meaning the "man-eating crocodile." "This evidence shows that crocodiles played a crucial ...

according to a September 2022 assessment by the Crocodylus Porosus Philippines Inc. (CPPI). “It is part of the original stock registered to LGU Siay at Barangay Balucanan, Siay, before being ...

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 ...