A Texas Tech University biologist led a team of more than 50 scientists who mapped the genomes of three crocodilians. By mapping these genomes, scientists may better understand the evolution of birds, ...

University of Florida paleontologists have discovered remarkably well-preserved fossils of two crocodilians and a mammal previously unknown to science during recent Panama Canal excavations that began ...

Learn more about how this rare find gives researchers a glimpse at the predator-prey relationship these prehistoric creatures had. The ability to fly won’t save you from becoming a land predator’s ...

Crocodilians — which include crocodiles, alligators, caimans, and gharials — have a lineage that stretches back roughly 200 ...

The fossilised neck bone of a flying reptile unearthed in Canada shows tell-tale signs of being bitten by a crocodile-like creature 76 million years ago, according to a new study published today [23 ...

It can pogo-stick along at 50-plus miles per hour, leaping 30-odd feet in a single bound. But that platinum-medal athleticism falls by the wayside at a sub-Saharan riverside, the source of life and ...

A research team headed by leading paleontologist Xing Lida revealed that a batch of fossilized dinosaur eggshells have been discovered in Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong Province. Among ...

A new study has measured the nerves responsible for the super-sensitive skin on a crocodile's face, which will help biologists understand how today's animals, as well as dinosaurs and crocodiles that ...

The animals that once roamed the earth were far larger and more sizable than we can wrap our heads around. Such is the case of the Barinasuchus, an ancient crocodilian that was far larger than even a ...

In many parts of the world, rivers and wetlands are central to people’s everyday lives. They fish there, collect water, wash clothes, and bathe. But while these water bodies support entire communities ...