July 23 (UPI) --Novel bone structures found on the skull of Crocodylus checchiai, an extinct African crocodile species, suggest American crocodiles originated in Africa, according to a study published ...

A young girl escaped from the jaws of a massive crocodile by hitting and scratching at its nose and face after it attacked her while she was swimming in a river. The 9-year-old girl was swimming in ...

Three men have been arrested in South Africa for stealing a 8-feet long Nile crocodile worth about $1,300 from a farm in the North West province, police said Monday. The men, who are all aged between ...

A safari company in South Africa has shared footage showing a Nile crocodile maneuvering out of water carrying an enormous fish. (Footage posted below.) “A young Nile Crocodile surprised us by proudly ...

There are 16 species of crocodiles in the world. While they all have sharp teeth, some are less dangerous to humans, while ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Police and conservation officers were searching Friday for an unknown number of young crocodiles that escaped earlier in the week from a large breeding farm in South ...

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — The St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park announced the hatching of seven African Dwarf Crocodiles (Osteolaemus afzelii), marking a milestone in reptilian conservation.

The Kalangala teen was fatally attacked by a crocodile. The reptile resurfaced three times with her body before disappearing into deeper waters. Fresh details have emerged about the crocodile that ...

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 ...

WATCH: This is the moment a giant crocodile was rescued from a backyard pool in South Africa. It's believed the crocodile made its way to the family's home from a ...

JOHANNESBURG -- Some 15,000 crocodiles escaped from a South African reptile farm during a flood this week and about half of them are still on the loose in and around one of southern Africa's biggest ...

The good news is that some of the 15,000 crocodiles that escaped after recent South Africa floods have been recaptured. The bad news is that there are at least 7,500 missing crocodiles still out there ...