To be honest, their ability to make us glad we're not in their neighborhood! Unlike most reptiles, the Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) is highly social, organized and versatile. They've been ...

Henry the Nile crocodile will celebrate his 124th birthday at the Crocworld Conservation Centre in South Africa on Dec. 16.

(Image source: Wikipedia) The Nile crocodile found across Africa is a giant aquatic reptile that is known for its extraordinary hunting abilities and strong nurturing instinct. These reptiles are ...

However, crocodile head scales are a bit different from their body scales. While taking a blood sample from a Nile crocodile, Milinkovitch was struck by this unusual pattern of scales on its jaws ...

What's it like to capture an 18-foot Nile crocodile for research purposes? To touch its skin, smell its breath, hear its growl? How do you weigh a half-ton croc? Are you willing to do what it ...

"Here we show that the patterning of crocodile head scales in fact emerges from compressive mechanical instabilities," the authors write. a) The scales adorning the upper and lower jaws of hatched ...

In the caves, we planned to search for remains of the island's "megafauna": giant lemurs ... member of the Malagasy megafauna—the Nile crocodile. After 14 hours on the road, crammed into ...

To be honest, their ability to make us glad we're not in their neighborhood! Unlike most reptiles, the Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) is highly social, organized and versatile. They've been ...