Mother Nature has ways of letting us know that she ought to be respected, and crocodiles are a fine example. Belonging to the Crocodylidae family — part of the reptilian order of Crocodilia (which ...

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 island ...

Poposaurus comes from a group of extinct relatives of the crocodile known as Poposauroidea. Crocodiles and birds share an evolutionary heritage with dinosaurs and pterosaurs, despite there being ...

Crocodiles have a deep and varied evolutionary past. Now researchers are peeling back the layers to find out how the surviving species came to be. There are about 28 living species of crocodilians ...

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

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The "totally unexpected" discovery of two new crocodile species off ...

A new species of crocodylomorph dating to about 215 million years ago has been described from the U.K. It has been called Galahadosuchus jonesi in recognition of David Rhys Jones, a secondary school ...

Scientists have solved the mystery of the Seychelles’ vanished crocodiles using DNA from historic museum specimens. The ...