Around 66 million years ago, a massive asteroid struck Earth, triggering the extinction of the dinosaurs, the largest reptiles to ever walk the planet. While those giants disappeared, some of their ...

Alligators and crocodiles are often confused due to their similar appearance, but they are distinct species with unique ...

American alligators and South African crocodiles populate waterways a third of the globe apart, and yet both have detectable levels of long-lived industrial and household compounds for nonstick ...

Alligators are practically synonymous with Florida, with 1.3 million of our scaly neighbors found in all 67 counties. Even places we probably don't want them to be. But many Floridians are not as ...

How do you tell an alligator from a crocodile? And no, dad-joke enthusiasts, the answer isn’t that you see one later and the other after a while. The most obvious way to discern the two reptiles is to ...

The crocodile’s death roll may seem savage, but scientists say it’s actually an elegant evolutionary solution to a major biological problem. Even people who know little about reptiles understand, ...

Florida is the only state where both alligators and crocodiles naturally live. American crocodiles are native to Florida and are a federally protected threatened species. But many Floridians are not ...