ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — The St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park announced the hatching of seven African Dwarf Crocodiles (Osteolaemus afzelii), marking a milestone in reptilian conservation.

A new species of crocodile has been discovered by researchers in Central Africa. Scientists from Florida International University's (FIU) Tropical Conservation Institute and George Amato of the ...

JOHANNESBURG — Calling all crocodile experts — South African police say you're needed to help capture thousands of crocs out on the lam. Thousands of crocodiles escaped a breeding farm along a river ...

Scientists working in Africa have uncovered a new crocodile species hiding in plain site, according to a paper published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Looking at the molecular data of the ...

West African crocodiles at Kachikally Crocodile Pool in Bakau, a town just outside the Gambia's capital city of Banjul, are much less likely to eat you if they've already had a hearty meal first thing ...

African crocodiles, long thought of as just three known species, are among the most iconic creatures in Africa. But recent research now finds that there are at least seven distinct African crocodile ...

July 23 (UPI) --Novel bone structures found on the skull of Crocodylus checchiai, an extinct African crocodile species, suggest American crocodiles originated in Africa, according to a study published ...

MIAMI – For nearly 85 years, crocodile experts knew of just three species in Africa – the dwarf, Nile and slender-snouted. Researchers, including Matthew Shirley from Florida International ...

While studying the critically endangered slender-snouted crocodile, researchers made a startling discovery — what they thought was one species is actually two. The discovery raises concerns about ...