In Nigeria, the consumption of grilled crocodile meat—or crocodile meat in any form—can land you in jail. Yes, you heard that correctly. The Nigerian government has sued individuals for ...

Most of the Sarcosuchus fossils that have been uncovered were found in West Africa, in the Sahara Desert. Crocodiles living in the desert may sound bizarre, but in the time of Sarcosuchus ...

The Sahara Desert is the largest hot desert on ... Animals like dromedary camels, desert foxes, horned vipers, and even Nile crocodiles live in and around these water sources.

As travel warnings ease and flights increase, David Pilling joins a tour operator’s ‘recce’, travelling from the coast into the desert to find dune seas, ancient villages and remote oases ...

fossil finds prove that water-dependent animals such as crocodiles and hippos lived here around 400,000 years ago. Earlier studies from Oman and Yemen indicated recurring wetter climate phases up to 1 ...

McGill University researchers, in collaboration with Mexican scientists, have discovered two previously unknown species of crocodiles, one living on the island of Cozumel and the other on the ...

The reptiles will be going under the hammer for the third time this year. Around 100 tonnes of Siamese crocodiles have been put up for auction by a Chinese court for a starting price of Rs 4.7 ...

It could be a while for these crocodiles. A Chinese court is trying to auction off 100 tons of live crocodiles for the third time since they were acquired from a bankrupt company, and is ...

Crocodiles are masters of survival. These ancient reptiles have been around for about 90 million years, outlasting dinosaurs and enduring multiple extinction events. Around 5 million years ago, they ...

RELATED: Sanibel woman shares backyard with nesting crocodile, city monitoring it For about a month and a half, she has had a 10-foot-long crocodile living in her backyard. Initially thought to be ...

An artist's impression of the Late Cretaceous crocodilian Deinosuchus riograndensis and a much smaller, early alligator relative. Márton Szabó More than 75 million years ago, a giant reptile ...