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 ...

Millions of years ago, giant dwarf crocodiles roamed a part of Africa with a taste for our human ancestors. In a new study, researchers led by the University of Iowa announced the discovery of two new ...

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.

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 ...

You'd think that if scientists were to discover a new species, it would be in some remote, uncharted tropical forest, not a laboratory in New York. But a team from the Sackler Institute for ...

SAN DIEGO (NEWS 8) - You'll find them mostly in sub-Saharan and central Africa, in places like small rivers and swamps. And, the dwarf crocodile is also among those of the species at risk, when it ...

It might not be related to the Loch Ness monster, but a new fossil discovered on the Isle of Skye in Scotland is definitely the country’s first and oldest crocodile fossil. This small fossil may not ...

Crocodiles are a fascinating species. Known as living fossils, these ancient-looking reptiles share a common heritage with dinosaurs, and have changed very little since their emergence almost 250 ...

Looking at the genes of the African dwarf crocodile, researchers found that the group comprises three distinct species rather than one. This finding ends a long debate about the taxonomy of this group ...

Taggen, a 4-year-old crocodile, was reported missing Monday from his cage at the Bergen Aquarium after his captors broke the latch over the weekend and took the reptile, said marine biologist Kees ...

Police found over 200 snakes and lizards and a dwarf crocodile inside a Pennsylvania home. Officers were called to the home after a man was found unconscious — he died by the time they arrived. The ...