In response to queries from The Straits Times, national water agency PUB and the National Parks Board (NParks) said in a joint statement that PUB was alerted to a crocodile sighting in the reservoir ...

A new analysis of fossilized bones from crocodiles’ archosaur ancestors suggest they reverted back to cold-blood to become better silent predators. Reading time 3 minutes Despite an incredible number ...

The closest living relatives of crocodiles and alligators are, perhaps surprisingly, birds. Both are archosauriforms, a group of species that originated about 250 million years ago near the beginning ...

SARAWAK, Malaysia, August 3 (Reuters) - Villagers in one indigenous community in Malaysia's Sarawak state once lived by an unspoken rule: leave the crocodile be, and it will leave you alone in turn.

Habitat loss due to coastal development has forced crocodiles to adapt to human-modified environments. The American crocodile population has grown from a few hundred in 1975 to an estimated 2,000 ...

A man visiting Puerto Vallarta was killed by a crocodile Friday night, prompting warnings from other tourists about safety in the Mexican beach town. According to Jalisco state authorities, a ...

The crocodile’s death roll may seem savage, but scientists say it’s actually an elegant evolutionary solution to a major biological problem. Even people who know little about reptiles understand, ...

Scientists have solved the mystery of the Seychelles’ vanished crocodiles using DNA from historic museum specimens. The reptiles were not a unique species after all, but an isolated population of ...

Florida is the only state where both alligators and crocodiles naturally live. American crocodiles are native to Florida and are a federally protected threatened species. But many Floridians are not ...

A new study has revealed that saltwater crocodiles born or raised in captivity may not return to their breeding centers after being released into the wild, a discovery that can help inform ...

Authorities in South Africa carried out a high-risk recovery operation over the weekend, airlifting a massive crocodile suspected of eating a local resident. The operation followed last month’s ...