In many parts of the world, rivers and wetlands are more than just places with water– people use them every day for fishing, washing, bathing, and farming. But under those calm waters live some of the ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers led by the University of Iowa have described and named a new crocodile species that roamed a region in Africa more ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Eight hatchlings from one of the world’s rarest crocodile species have been found in a wildlife sanctuary in eastern Cambodia. The baby Siamese crocodiles were found in a ...

It’s estimated that between 1,500 and 2,000 crocodiles currently live in Florida, with even more found throughout South ...

The Siamese crocodile is a freshwater crocodile native to Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam. Throughout the 20th century, demand for crocodile skins drove intense hunting, while live animals were ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Studying crocodiles in some of the world's ...

For the third year in a row, the Fort Worth Zoo has achieved the remarkable: growing the population of critically endangered gharial crocodiles! The Fort Worth Zoo has hatched these crocodiles for ...

The Fort Worth Zoo is celebrating historic conservation success with the third annual hatchings of the gharial crocodile. The two new gharials hatched on June 5 and June 11. The back-to-back-to-back ...

Stephanie Kirsop didn't believe her son when he phoned to say a crocodile was lurking in a creek near their home. The family ...