A stretch of windswept Patagonia has produced a fossil that offers a rare look at one of the largest crocodile relatives ...

Somewhere around 1770, French colonists arrived on the Seychelles and found crocodiles waiting on the beaches. Within a few decades, every last one was dead. The skins and skulls ended up in European ...

A newly identified crocodile species nicknamed “Lucy’s hunter” prowled Ethiopia’s rivers when Lucy’s species walked the Earth ...

A newly identified prehistoric crocodile relative, Eosphorosuchus lacrimosa, was discovered alongside another croc species in ...

Crocodylomorphs were a highly morphologically and ecologically diverse clade. These extinct crocodile relatives had a much richer variety of skull shapes than living crocodilians, suggesting a wide ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Scientists have identified a new species of extinct crocodile kin that ...

Van Schalkwyk is responding to a statement appearing in an essay by Anitra Nettleton and David Hammond-Tooke on art of the Pedi and Ntwane. The offending statement concerns a Hananwa carved wooden ...

Saltwater crocodiles can grow to more than six meters in length and weigh over a metric ton, making them among the largest and heaviest living reptiles in the world. They often inhabit coastal areas, ...

The surprising discovery of a new species of extinct crocodile relative from the Triassic Favret Formation of Nevada, USA, rewrites the story of life along the coasts during the first act of the Age ...

Explorer accounts spanning more than 250 years described crocodiles as a familiar sight along Seychelles shores.

The ancestors of today’s crocodylians survived two mass extinction events. A new study uncovered a secret to their longevity, which could help conservationists better protect our planet’s most ...