Although modern crocodiles, alligators, caimans and gharials are restricted to the tropics, their fossil record tells a very different story. Ancient crocodylians once inhabited much of the globe and ...

Crocodiles are masters of survival. These ancient reptiles have been around for about 90 million years, outlasting dinosaurs and enduring multiple extinction events. Around 5 million years ago, they ...

In the Egyptian Western Desert, where red sandstones and green shales rise above the arid plains of Kharga Oasis, paleontologists have uncovered a fossil that fundamentally reshapes our understanding ...

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 ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: “Wadisuchus provides critical insights into the early diversification, palaeobiogeography, and cranial evolution of Dyrosauridae, confirming ...

Sometimes a major scientific discovery starts with something barely visible. Researchers studying Moroccan fossils found tiny ...

Crocodiles were not always the aquatic predators we know today. Living crocodiles evolved from ancient lineages that were equally at home on land as in water. According to a new study conducted by an ...

Learn more about Wadisuchus kassabi, the crocodile’s ancient cousin that thrived in prehistoric oceans and rewrites this magnificent reptile's evolutionary history. Excavations in Egypt’s Western ...

Live Science can exclusively reveal a video of Gabon's mysterious cave-dwelling dwarf crocodiles snatching bats in a never-before-seen hunting behavior, ahead of the series premiere of "Africa: ...