Scientists say they have identified an extinct crocodile species from about 45 million years ago in the limestone formation used to sculpt the Great Sphinx of Giza.

That’s right. It weighed more than 6,000 pounds. Fortunately for humans, the enormous crocodile, discovered in the Tunisian deserts, was the terror of Jurassic and ...

Triceratops, and all other non-avian dinosaurs vanished. Only one branch of the dinosaur family tree survived—birds. But what ...

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 ...

CT scans helped determine that the fossil unearthed in Egypt came from a distinctly different ancient species.

Long before the Great Sphinx became one of Egypt’s most recognisable monuments, the landscape around Cairo was home to a very different kind of long-snouted creature. Now, a fossil discovered from the ...

Along the coast of Dorset, England, is a geologic wonder called the Charmouth Mudstone Formation. Here, you can find people enjoying nature's views, fossil hunting, and walking along the Jurassic ...

New research suggests that the ancestors of alligators and crocodiles stayed loyal to a warm climate through mass extinctions ...

Learn more about Wadisuchus kassabi, the crocodile’s ancient cousin that thrived in prehistoric oceans and rewrites this magnificent reptile's evolutionary history. Excavations in Egypt’s Western ...

Crocodiles and alligators are usually the apex predators in whatever environment they live in. Their massive jaws and armored bodies are the perfect weapons system against potential prey and foe alike ...

Crocodile relatives largely followed warm climates for 245 million years, expanding toward the poles during hotter periods. Fossil records and climate simulations suggest tropical refuges could have ...