Many fossils found in the early 20th century were given a quick glance before being labeled and stored, but a second look often yields surprises.

Around 4,500 years ago, ancient Egyptians carved the Great Sphinx of Giza out of limestone in the Mokattam rock formation. Little did they know, the material they were digging through preserved ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Once feared extinct, the Siamese crocodile is making a slow comeback in Cambodia thanks to conservation efforts. After being ...

The Sphinx is one of ancient Egypt's most enigmatic monuments, and now scientists have found that it could be hiding a very unusual secret.

Learn more about Herugavialis cairensis, an extinct crocodile species whose fossil came from the same rocks as the Great Sphinx. What do the Great Sphinx and the newly discovered extinct crocodile ...

New study uses digital reconstructions of living and extinct crocodylians to untangle the evolutionary history of long-snouted crocodiles. Although modern crocodiles, alligators, caimans, and gharials ...

Keeping to warm climates throughout their 250-million-year history may have helped crocodiles and their relatives survive the ...

The ancient reptile has just two living relatives, both of which are endangered ...

Crocodiles' preference for warm climates, low energy needs and ability to survive without food may explain how they outlasted ...

In biology and paleontology (the study of extinct organisms) there are a few ways to estimate the age of an animal's skeleton. One is the extent of fusion of sutures in the skeleton—how much the ...

Do the bones of all Nile crocodiles have the same number of growth marks as their age? And can such growth rings be counted to accurately gauge the age of these reptiles? Is this also an accurate ...