Crocodiles are usually known for their powerful jaws, tough skin, and ability to move quietly in water. But there’s a lot ...

Over millions of years, humans and their ancestors evolved alongside a host of terrifying predators—some so formidable, ...

Odisha Minister for Forest, Environment and Climate Change, Ganeshram Singkhuntia, on Tuesday appealed to people to make the conservation of crocodiles a mass movement. The state on Tuesday celebrated ...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Minister for Forest, Environment and Climate Change, Ganeshram Singkhuntia, Tuesday appealed to people to ...

Crocoparc in Agadir, Morocco, 23 May 2025.

66 million years ago, after an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, mammals began to dominate Earth's landscape. However, they faced formidable competition from land-dwelling crocodile relatives known as ...

Staring at a crocodile or alligator can feel like looking back in history to the age of the dinosaurs. Their ancestors have survived two mass extinctions over 230 million years and scientists have ...

The rise of the dinosaurs began in the Triassic. There were already predecessors of modern mammals, and predatory crocodile relatives encountered giant amphibians. Research into the environment ...

(NEW YORK) — The recent identification of fossils from a heavily armored ancient crocodile ancestor species, known as aetosaurs, provides a glimpse into our world 215 million years ago. The study, led ...

A study led by researchers at UT’s Jackson School of Geosciences discovered fossils belonging to Garzapelta muelleri – an ancestor of modern-day crocodiles. Video by Avery Kurzontkowski, Joseph ...

Researchers said the 215-million-year-old crocodile is also known as aetosaurs. Titan passenger said he understood risk if something went wrong in experimental sub: 'It wasn't supposed to be safe' ...

The newly identified aetosaur species – likely omnivorous ancestors of the carnivore modern crocodiles – is named Garzapelta ... The Garzapelta lived around 215 million years ago and had a lot more ...