West Africa's Tree-Climbing Crocodile Is Facing a Growing Threat

Deep within the shrinking rainforests of West Africa lives a crocodile that behaves nothing like the sluggish, log-like ...

Deep inside crocodile skulls, 100 million years of brain evolution barely registers

Although modern crocodiles, alligators, caimans and gharials are restricted to the tropics, their fossil record tells a very ...

Mumbai's Powai Lake is becoming this monsoon's most unexpected wildlife attraction, thanks to the mugger crocodiles emerging after heavy rains

Powai Lake in Mumbai is experiencing increased mugger crocodile sightings after heavy monsoon rains. Rising water levels are ...

5 Animals That Prove Crocodiles Aren’t Always the Apex Predator

Crocodiles have ruled rivers and wetlands for over 200 million years, but a handful of animals push back hard enough to win.

What Happened to Australasia’s Lost Crocodiles? New Research Reveals a Dramatic Extinction Story

New research uncovers a lost world of strange crocodile relatives that once thrived across Australasia alongside early humans.
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Crocodiles can sense how distressed human babies are from their cries

Crocodiles are so attuned to the cries of baby humans and the young of other great apes that they might recognise their distress better than people do. Relying on changes in frequency rather than ...

Man killed in crocodile attack at Puerto Vallarta Beach

A young man was killed in a crocodile attack on a beach in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on Friday evening, according to ...