Species: Crocodile

HERE BE DRAGONS – The Nile crocodile

The Nile crocodile has evolved over millennia to be a cunning, patient and ferocious predator that is capable of taking down large prey

New African crocodile species discovered!

Scientists working in Africa have uncovered a new crocodile species hiding in plain sight.

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Human-wildlife conflict, Natural history

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