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New research suggests crocodiles used to have hot blood and fast metabolisms, but gave it all up to lurk underwater waiting for prey.
A 240-million-year-old animal helps us understand a period before the rise of dinosaurs and crocodiles, when their close relatives were still experimenting with different body shapes, postures, and modes of locomotion
A host of unique crocodylian species ruled the roost in Australia and surrounds for millions of years – until humans came along.
It sounds crazy – hosting Olympic rowing and canoeing on a river home to crocodiles. Yet that’s what is likely to happen in Brisbane in 2032.
There’s has been no significant growth in crocodile numbers in the Top End in more than a decade. But that doesn’t mean floodwaters are safe.
Growth marks in bones indicate the age of some animals. But a new study leaves researchers questioning this method for dinosaurs.
There is a desperate need to balance wildlife conservation with the wellbeing of people living in these shared spaces.
Ancient crocs didn’t just hunt in water – some may have dropped out of trees to catch their prey.
Climate change is pushing crocodiles outside their comfort zone, and there may be a limit to how much their natural cooling behaviours can help them beat the heat.
Crocodile farming in northern Australia began as a way to ensure crocodile leather could be sustainably sourced. But fashion houses and consumers are turning away.
Videos have surfaced appearing to show people feeding a crocodile in the same area where a crocodile killed a man who slipped from the river bank into the water.
Fatal crocodile attacks are extraordinarily rare in Australia – and there is no evidence to suggest their numbers are too high.
Illegal tin miners take their lives in their hands. The craters they leave behind fill with water – and attract crocs.
Invasive species such as deer, pigs and rabbits might help boost native predator populations.
A non-fatal crocodile attack on a tourist last week made headlines. But talk of culling is an over-reaction to a fairly isolated incident.
Despite the filthy waters they often reside in, saltwater crocodiles don’t get sick that often. Perhaps we could one day harness the special proteins that help them.
More than half of all crocodile species are a high priority for conservation according to the assessment.
While crocodiles are not native to Canada, fossil traces have been found in northern British Columbia that indicate that during the Cretaceous Period, giant crocodiles roamed.
Crocodiles can survive without food for a long time – even up to more than a year – because of how well they can save their energy.
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PhD student studying human-saltwater crocodile conflict, Charles Darwin University
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Lecturer in History, James Cook University
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