Quick Take Reaching 30 feet and 3 tons was the mandatory size for this apex marine predator. The 5-foot skull of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) are one of Africa’s ...

In 2019, while excavating the necropolis of Qubbet el Hawa, across the Nile from Aswan in southern Egypt, Belgian and Spanish archaeologists unearthed a trove of mummified crocodiles: five almost ...

In the Western Desert of Egypt, an ancient crocodile-like species was found. Mihajlo Stojkovic via Unsplash During the era of the late Cretaceous, the land that now sits in modern-day Egypt was far ...

A famous Nile crocodile named Henry just celebrated a birthday last year, turning 124 in December. This living fossil currently resides at Crocworld Conservation Centre in South Africa, after being ...