Deep within the shrinking rainforests of West Africa lives a crocodile that behaves nothing like the sluggish, log-like ...

The St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park announced the hatching of seven African Dwarf Crocodiles (Osteolaemus afzelii), marking a milestone in reptilian conservation. This event brings the ...

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - When conservation biologist Matt Shirley discovered the world's newest crocodile species after years of sloshing through mangroves and swamps from Senegal to Uganda, the elation ...

Crocodile roars – and moos – could help conservationists monitor populations of species that are hard to track through visual surveys. The big-eyed, tiny-bodied African dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus ...

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 ...

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 ...