From frozen mountain ranges to swamps, deserts, forests, and open coastlines, the United States is home to an extraordinary ...

Because alligators and crocodiles are ectothermic, they have to rely on external sources of heat to regulate their body ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A massive Burmese python coils tightly around the armored body of a large crocodile during an intense struggle in a muddy river.© ...

Who do you think would win a fight between a python and a crocodile in Florida? Generally, we would look to real-life examples for clues, but surprisingly, there isn’t very much of that. While there ...

MIAMI BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - A crocodile sighting near a school put a high-end community on edge, prompting officials to act quickly to relocate it. The toothy visitor had some expensive taste, as it ...

Florida warns tourists: Be aware of crocodile (as well as alligators) Florida officials caution tourists and residents to watch out for American crocodiles, as sightings increase along the state's ...

A newly described carnivorous reptile from southern Brazil is the kind of animal most people would casually label a dinosaur – but it wasn’t. Tainrakuasuchus bellator belongs to Pseudosuchia, the ...

A dramatic clash between two of Florida’s most iconic predators left visitors stunned on Monday after a crocodile strutted up to an alligator in Everglades National Park and made it clear who intended ...

Video shows a crocodile approaching an alligator within Everglades National Park in Florida. The two animals hiss at each other as onlookers wait in suspense to see what happens. Warning: Graphic ...

1. The saltwater crocodile is the largest reptile on the planet. Closely followed by the Nile crocodile and Orinoco crocodile. 2. They have the most powerful bite ever measured in any animal. In 2012, ...

A newly discovered carnivorous reptile that lived before the rise of dinosaurs has been identified in southern Brazil. Named Tainrakuasuchus bellator, the 240-million-year-old creature was an ...

Named Wakkaoolithus godthelpi, this eggshell type belonged to mekosuchine crocodiles and represent the oldest crocodilian eggshells ever found in Australia. The now-extinct mekosuchines (Mekosuchinae) ...