Alligators and crocodiles, despite their shared ancestry and similar appearances, possess distinct characteristics. Their ...

Of late, fishing nets placed in rivers and streams have become a major threat to gharials in the Chitwan National Park (CNP), ...

THE world’s biggest crocodile has suddenly died at 120 years old, a wildlife sanctuary said on Saturday.  Cassius, measuring ...

Experts have found the reason crocodiles can’t dive into the deep like others in the ocean. A team of scientists have reported that the sinuses of the prehistoric ancestors of crocodiles prevented ...

An international team of paleobiologists have found that the sinuses of ocean-dwelling relatives of modern-day crocodiles ...

Many rivers in India are known for their different characteristics, but some rivers are also in the news because of their ...

Photo: ADITYA PAL/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS The Gharial Breeding Centre in Chitwan National Park has for decades played a critical role in saving the endangered fish-eating crocodile from extinction. Now, the ...

Pilikula Biological Park in Mangaluru has successfully completed an animal exchange program with Nandankanan Zoo in Odisha, ...

The sinuses of ancient relatives of today's crocodiles prevented them from becoming deep divers, research has found.

An international team of paleobiologists have found that the sinuses of ocean dwelling relatives of modern-day crocodiles prevented them from evolving into deep divers like whales and dolphins.

The researchers compared thalattosuchians, which lived at the time of the dinosaurs, with the predecessors of cetaceans such ...

Paleobiologists have found that the sinuses of ocean dwelling relatives of modern-day crocodiles prevented them from evolving into deep divers like whales and dolphins.