Read more about the article Cops Hunt Crocodile Or Shark That Tore Off Elderly Man’s Leg
Photo shows Jozef 'Jeff' Bynens, undated. The man from Hasselt, Belgium, was bitten to death by a shark or a crocodile on a beach in Mexico on Thursday, December 14, 2023. (Jeff Bynens/CEN)

Cops Hunt Crocodile Or Shark That Tore Off Elderly Man’s Leg

Mexican police are using drones to try and identify whether it was a shark or a crocodile that killed an elderly Canadian tourist and injured at least one other person.…

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Read more about the article World’s Oldest Zoo Becomes The First Zoo On Earth To Welcome Crocodile Tegu Offspring
Photo shows young crocodile-tailed tegu from Schoenbrunn Zoo, undated. The Zoo is the first in the world to have successfully bred the South American lizard. (Daniel Zupanc/Newsflash)

World’s Oldest Zoo Becomes The First Zoo On Earth To Welcome Crocodile Tegu Offspring

The oldest zoo in the world has become the first zoo ever to breed protected crocodile tegus successfully. The Schoenbrunn Zoo, located in the city of Vienna, Austria, welcomed the…

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Read more about the article Nine Crocodile Heads Found In Egyptian Tombs Of Two Ancient High-Ranking Officers
Photo shows a crocodile skull, undated photo. Crocodiles are large semiaquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia. (Newsflash)

Nine Crocodile Heads Found In Egyptian Tombs Of Two Ancient High-Ranking Officers

Archaeologists have unearthed nine crocodile heads placed inside two ancient noblemen's tombs in an Egyptian necropolis. The scientists from the University of Warsaw, Poland, reportedly discovered the crocodile heads in…

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Read more about the article Palaeontologists Discover New Crocodile Species With Thickest Eggs Ever That Lived With Last Dinosaurs
Picture shows Pachykrokolithus excavatum shell fragments, undated. They were found in found in La Ribagorza, Spain, dated within the 250,000 years of the Cretaceous period, close to the extinction of the dinosaurs. (Manuel Perez Pueyo/Newsflash)

Palaeontologists Discover New Crocodile Species With Thickest Eggs Ever That Lived With Last Dinosaurs

Palaeontologists have discovered a new species of crocodile that lived with the last dinosaurs and that laid the thickest eggs on record. The group of palaeontologists from the University of…

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Read more about the article Croc Conservation Project Facing Massive Overcrowding After Reptiles Stressed By Flooding Lay Too Many Eggs
Outside of the Yalta Crocodilarium, a crocodile farm, which is on the verge of closure due to insufficient space, in Crimea, Ukraine. (Newsflash)

Croc Conservation Project Facing Massive Overcrowding After Reptiles Stressed By Flooding Lay Too Many Eggs

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A crocodile conservation project that has several rare breeds is facing closure due to a lack of space after a flood stressed the reptiles - prompting them to lay a…

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Read more about the article Outrage After MasterChef Contestants Cook Endangered Sharks And Rodents
The participants of MasterChef Ecuador used bushmeat for one of the challenges. (Newsflash)

Outrage After MasterChef Contestants Cook Endangered Sharks And Rodents

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The TV show MasterChef Ecuador has sparked outrage for featuring the cooking of wild animals, including the world’s largest rodent and an endangered shark. The controversial episode prompted the Ministry…

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Read more about the article Whale With Legs And A Crocodile Snout Named After Anubis The God Of Death As It Would Have Terrifed On Land And Sea
The Egyptian Ministry of Environment discovered a fossil of a new type of amphibious whale fossils that lived 43 million years ago in Faiyum, Egypt which is called 'Phiomicetus anubis'.

Whale With Legs And A Crocodile Snout Named After Anubis The God Of Death As It Would Have Terrifed On Land And Sea

Researchers in Egypt have found the fossilised remains of a ferocious 43 million-year-old four-legged whale which had a mouth like a crocodile and is believed to have dominated both land…

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Read more about the article Scientists Prove Prehistoric Crocodile Was Smooth Like Modern Day Dolphins
An illustrative image by the German scientists showing how primeval crocodiles with soft skin instead of rough scales would look like.

Scientists Prove Prehistoric Crocodile Was Smooth Like Modern Day Dolphins

A team of US and German scientists have revealed that a prehistoric crocodile did not have scaled armour but instead soft skin similar to today's dolphins. The research was carried…

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