Scientists have discovered a new species of giant prehistoric crocodile that would have weighed half a tonne, grown up to 15ft in length and likely terrorised our ancestors as they roamed the African ...

A University of Iowa-led research team looks forward to paleontologists paying more attention to lesser researched species, ...

Saltwater crocodiles are the largest living reptiles on Earth, but they are far from the biggest crocodiles to ever exist.

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 ...

A team of Egyptian paleontologists has uncovered a remarkable fossil that alters our understanding of crocodile evolution. Found deep in Egypt’s Western Desert, the newly identified species, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'Lucy's hunter' illustration (Tyler Stone/University of Iowa) With a prominent lump on its head, this giant relative of modern-day ...