At a glance, alligators and crocodiles look nearly identical. Both are massive reptiles with armored skin, powerful jaws and ...

Learn how the newly identified crocodile Crocodylus lucivenator lived alongside Lucy’s species in ancient Ethiopia — and why ...

Researchers led by the University of Iowa have described and named a new crocodile species that roamed a region in Africa ...

A newly discovered Triassic reptile from the UK looked more like a racing greyhound than a crocodile, built for speed on land ...

Scientists discover half-tonne, 15ft giant crocodile that hunted our ancestor ‘Lucy’ - Extinct crocodile species had peculiar ...

The reptile was named Crocodylus lucivenator, meaning “Lucy’s hunter.” The name references Lucy, one of the most famous early ...

More than 3 million years ago, when our ancient ancestors embodied by the iconic Lucy were roaming the African landscape, they would have feared a big, bad crocodile with a prominent lump on its head, ...

Saltwater crocodiles are widely described as the largest living reptiles on Earth, and their physical dimensions help explain ...

A newly-discovered ancient crocodile looked nothing like the low-slung, swamp-delling crocodiles you see today. Instead, it stood upright on long, slender legs and sprinted across dry land with the ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Studying crocodiles in some of the world's ...

The More You Know: This week, researchers successfully reconstructed videos from the brain activity of mice. According to a ...

A PhD student who identified a new species of ancient land-dwelling crocodile relative — one built more like a greyhound than any croc you’d see today — honored his high school physics teacher by ...