How can the diversity of living organisms be explained? Although the answer that usually comes to mind is genetics, the truth ...

Getting a detailed picture of what's going on inside a crocodile egg is no easy feat, but researchers from the Laboratory of ...

There are some exceptions to this rule–including in crocodile heads. According to Milinkovitch, the fact that their body scales and head scales develop so differently also sets them apart as animals.

The surprising way crocodile scales form offers a glimpse into how evolution works beyond genes.

Previously, the team showed that the embryonic development of crocodile head scales, unlike scales of the body, originates from a process reminiscent of the propagation of cracks within a material ...

According to Milinkovitch, the fact that their body scales and head scales develop so differently also sets them apart as animals. Crocodile body scales develop from what scientists call a polka ...

Two women filmed a shark tearing into the lifeless body of a crocodile on the shoreline of Nhulunbuy, a remote town on the ...