Crocodiles
Recent Highlights
All Stories for Crocodiles
Crocodiles were vegetarians around 200 million years ago, a new study finds
•While some looked like today's croc, others were smaller, lived on land and had legs beneath their bodies.
Crocodiles to be relocated from ponds near Statue of Unity in Gujarat; officials say move aimed at tourist safety, not new seaplane service
•As many 20 cages have been set up along the banks of the two ponds to capture the crocodiles, but there is no specific target for the number of them that needs to be captured.
On the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, humans and crocodiles are locked in a conflict
Vardhanvrushal •On the peaceful Andaman and Nicobar islands, a potentially dangerous confrontation is brewing between saltwater crocodiles and human residents
When a Bond movie turns real: Indonesia plans to build a prison guarded by crocodiles
Fp Archives •Indonesia's anti-drugs agency has proposed building a prison on an island guarded by crocodiles to hold death row drug convicts.
Calls to cull crocodiles in Kimberley region of Australia
Fp Archives •Australians Urge to Cull Crocodiles in Kimberley Region
Misunderstood reptiles? Crocodiles just wanna have fun, says new study
Fp Archives •In rare cases, individual crocodilians have been known to bond so strongly with people that they become playmates for years, the study pointed out.
Australia: Tourists play audience to massive crocodile vs bull shark fight
Fp Archives •Tourists in northern Australia have been left stunned by two fierce animals going head-to-head -- a massive saltwater crocodile wrestling with a bull shark in its jaws.