'I was attacked by crocodiles in the Amazon while hunting the world's largest snake'
Dilane Salvaje was on the lookout for a green anaconda - the largest snake species in the world - in southern Colombia when ...
A rare fossil reveals a possible 76-million-year-old clash between a crocodile and young pterosaur
The young pterosaur likely had a wingspan of about 6.5 feet, and if it had survived to adulthood, its wingspan could have ...
Even as the tide turned for fur, crocodile leather has kept selling in high-end fashion. But for how much longer?
Dotted across northern Australia are 21 saltwater crocodile farms, home to around 130,000 crocodiles. Their skins are turned ...
Satellites track where Florida crocs crawl, and one made big social media waves in Brevard
The satellite-tagged croc that became an internet sensation known as the " Melbourne Beach crocodile " lit up social media ...
76-Million-Year-Old Mystery: Crocodile-Like Predator Found To Have Feasted on Flying Reptile
A juvenile pterosaur fossil found in Canada shows a crocodile bite from 76 million years ago, offering rare evidence of ...
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What Animal Has the Strongest Bite Force?
conducted a 10-year study to scientifically measure jaw strength in all 23 crocodile species. Erickson and his team placed a specially designed bite-force transducer—which he likens to “an ...
Crocodiles in suburbia: Here’s how they navigate South Florida — and how to stay safe
As American crocodile populations have risen in recent decades, the threatened reptiles have made their way into suburban ...
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Rediscovered 45-million-year-old skull turns out to be a large, extinct bird species
A forgotten fossil in a German museum turned out to be a rare Diatryma skull. Scientists corrected a decades-old ...
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Rare Pterosaur Fossil Bears a Crocodile Bite from 76 Million Years Ago
Despite being one of the most widely dispersed clades of prehistoric reptiles, the paleoecology of pterosaurs is poorly ...
Crocodile Attack on Pterosaur Recorded in 76-Million-Year-Old Fossil
Paleontologist Caleb Brown said that the fossil is "exceptionally uncommon"—not least because the pterosaur was a juvenile.
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Satellites track where Florida crocs crawl, and one made big social media waves in Brevard
The American crocodile is one of the largest crocodile species. Males can grow up to 20 feet long and weigh up to a ton. Like any other large crocodilian, they can be dangerous to humans ...