Crocodiles with teeth the size of bananas were apparently a nightmare that actually existed during the Late Cretaceous period. A pair of researchers with the University of Iowa decided to re-examine ...

Some crocodiles are big, sure—but a few are so huge they end up in record books, news reports, or fossil displays. This list isn’t based on local legends or guesses. Every crocodile here was either ...

Enormous "terror crocodiles" once roamed the earth and preyed on dinosaurs, according to a new study revisiting fossils from the gigantic Late Cretaceous crocodylian ...

They had teeth the size of bananas, were as long as buses and limos, and preyed on dinosaurs that fed near their waterways. Those are among some of the findings presented in a new study announced this ...

A host of unique crocodylian species ruled the roost in Australia and surrounds for millions of years – until humans came ...

An over 22-foot-long crocodile that ripped prey to death and another huge croc that sucked prey to its doom were at the top of the European marine food chain 150 million years ago, a new study finds.

At first glance, alligators and crocodiles appear nearly identical, armoured reptiles with powerful tails, sharp teeth, and fearsome reputations. Yet, these ancient predators belong to separate ...

Crocodiles have a deep and varied evolutionary past. Now researchers are peeling back the layers to find out how the surviving species came to be. There are about 28 living species of crocodilians ...