Stephanie Kirsop didn't believe her son when he phoned to say a crocodile was lurking in a creek near their home. The family live in the temperate coastal city of Newcastle, which is 1,200 miles south ...

March 2 (UPI) --A rescue team from Australian Reptile Park successfully captured a freshwater crocodile found swimming hundreds of miles south of its usual range. Billy Collett, who led the rescue ...

Recent crocodile sightings in floodwaters across the Northern Territory, particularly in Katherine and along the Daly River, have prompted widespread concern. The increased presence of crocodiles in ...

A wildebeest, also known as a gnu, approaches the river during a dangerous crossing on the African savanna. In this video, we witness the dramatic moment when a crocodile launches a sudden attack from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'Lucy's hunter' illustration (Tyler Stone/University of Iowa) With a prominent lump on its head, this giant relative of modern-day ...

A serial rapist who attacked five vulnerable women at knifepoint in Dundee has been jailed for 14 years. Alexander Steven, 52 ...

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In the rich history of heirloom folding knives, the Buck 110 Folding Hunter stands as perhaps the single most important one ever, at least in American History. Yet this knife is still relevant to this ...

At the start of this month Jim Goodwin celebrated three years in charge of Dundee United. His time at the helm has been a rollercoaster with plenty of ups - last season being a case in point - and a ...

Learn how the newly identified crocodile Crocodylus lucivenator lived alongside Lucy’s species in ancient Ethiopia — and why researchers say it may have been the region’s most dangerous predator. More ...

Paleontologists have often determined how old a dinosaur was by counting the growth rings in its bones. Just like with trees, it was thought that each ring corresponded to a single year of age. But ...

A saltwater crocodile measuring 2.3 metres has been spotted in a dam west of Brisbane, hundreds of kilometres from its natural habitat. A spokesperson for Queensland's environmental department said ...