Researchers led by the University of Iowa have described and named a new crocodile species that roamed a region in Africa more than 3 million years ago. The species is named Lucy’s hunter, because it ...

Genetic evidence confirms Seychelles crocodiles were saltwater crocodiles capable of long-distance ocean dispersal, with a ...

When you picture an ancient crocodile from millions of years ago, you probably imagine a low-slung, scaly water predator ...

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 ...

Fossils reveal a small ancient reptile related to crocodiles, Sonselasuchus cedrus, that may have switched from four legs to two as it grew.

News of a fourth crocodile spotted in Brevard County last month has some people wondering if the reptiles also hang out around Volusia and Flagler. Alligators are a common site in local retention ...

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 much the ...