Henry the Nile crocodile will celebrate his 124th birthday at the Crocworld Conservation Centre in South Africa on Dec. 16.

Journeying back to the Jurassic era, scientists used cutting-edge tech to uncover the secrets about Orthosuchus stormbergi, a ...

There are so many types of reptiles that come in an incredible variety of shapes, sizes and colors, from worm-sized snakes and tiny turtles to gargantuan crocodiles and giant monitor lizards that ...

But only the crocodile survived a post-meteor world, and its survival could be due to a complex system of senses and other traits that allowed it to become an apex predator. Modern crocodiles can ...

When the animal was sculpted for London’s Crystal Palace Park in the 1850s (above), the artist took cues from modern crocodiles. Scientists now know the dinosaur was bipedal (below). Tucked in ...

A new prehistoric marine predator has been identified which researchers have said sheds light on the origins of the distant relatives of modern crocodiles. The 10ft-long reptile - called Ieldraan ...

Paleontologists unveiled on Wednesday the fossil of a young marine crocodile dating back 10 to 12 million years that was discovered in a Peruvian desert. The fossil of the gharial—or fish-eating ...

There are some exceptions to this rule–including in crocodile heads. According to Milinkovitch, the fact that their body scales and head scales develop so differently also sets them apart as animals.