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Gaze Deeply Into Nature With These Award-Winning Ecology Photos

Winning shots from the Capturing Ecology competition highlight the complex relationships that shape ecosystems.

Earth Science Passant Rabie

This American Influencer Traveled to Australia to Film Himself Tackling Crocodiles. Australians Aren’t Happy

Queensland officials are investigating the videos.

Biology Margherita Bassi

Sprinting Crocs With ‘Legs Like Greyhounds’ Once Ruled the Caribbean

Three decades ago, scientists began to find razor-sharp teeth from predators that had no business being there.

Biology Margherita Bassi

Burt, the croc made famous by Crocodile Dundee.

True Star of Crocodile Dundee, Burt the Croc, Dies at 90

A menace in the 80s action-comedy flick, Burt later became an "ambassador for crocodile education," his caretakers wrote on Facebook.

Conservation Harri Weber

Artist's rendition of manatee being killed by crocodilian, with shark in background

Dramatic Fossil Shows Prehistoric Sea Cow’s Brutal Encounter With Crocodylian and Shark

The sea cow, which lived between 23 million and 11.6 million years ago, was likely killed by the croc before being scavenged upon by the shark.

Biology Adam Kovac

Ancient Two-Legged Crocodile Left Behind These Awesome Footprints

Modern crocodiles are known for their sprawling four-legged gait, but this Cretaceous crocodilian walked on two legs as it prowled prehistoric shores, as evidenced by well-preserved footprints it left behind. This remarkable trace fossil, called Batrachopus grandis, was discovered at the Sacheon Jahye-ri tracksite in South Korea, which dates back to around 110 million to…

Biology George Dvorsky

What Scientists Saw When They Put a Crocodile in an MRI Scanner and Played Classical Music

In a scientific first, researchers have used an MRI scanner to study the brains of Nile crocodiles. Sounds weird—and even a bit dangerous—but the experiment is revealing new insights into the evolution of brains and how mammals and birds acquired the capacity to comprehend complex sounds. Our brains are the product of millions of years…

Biology George Dvorsky

This 10-Foot-Long Jurassic Crocodile Once Menaced Britain’s Seas

A reanalysis of a heavily damaged fossil found nearly 150 years ago has revealed the existence of an absolute monster of the ancient seas. And the discovery of the new species, nicknamed the “Melksham Monster,” shows that an extinct group of ancient reptiles appeared on Earth millions of years earlier than previously thought. Meet Leldraan…

Biology George Dvorsky

Terrifying Video Shows Hippos Rescuing a Wildebeest From the Jaws of a Crocodile

While on safari in northeastern South Africa, a retired couple witnessed a harrowing scene involving a crocodile and a rather unfortunate wildebeest. But just when things appeared most grim for the reptile’s next meal, something completely unexpected happened. This remarkable scene was captured by 72-year-old retiree Mervyn Van Wyk and his wife Tokkie while visiting…

Biology George Dvorsky

Crocs Keep an Eye on You While They Sleep

Sleeping with only half your brain sounds like a great way to become a zombie in no time, but for certain marine mammals and birds, it’s a way of life. A new study suggests that crocodiles, too, may be “unihemispheric” sleepers, a finding which makes humans and other full-brain snoozers look more and more like…

Biology Maddie Stone

Climate Change Killed Earth’s Crocodilians, and It Could Bring Them Back, Too

A diverse clan of fearsome crocodilians once roamed the entire planet. Today, only 23 species remain in a handful of locales worldwide. We’ve all heard tales of the giant asteroid that did in the dinosaurs, but the demise of the crocodilians was far less dramatic. The crocs were picked off quietly, as our planet cooled…

Climate Change Maddie Stone

Video shows what it’s like to get attacked by a crocodile and to see inside its mouth

Man. These crocs come out of nowhere and attack with such a quickness that you don’t even know what’s happening until you’re already clamped down inside the terrifying and unrelenting jaws of the crocodile. National Geographic made some flotation devices that held cameras to capture exactly what it’s like to get attacked and be inside…

Sploid Casey Chan

This crocodile impossibly jumping straight out of the water is the scariest thing

Come on, man. Is this even allowed? How is it fair that crocodiles can just shoot up—like, completely mother effing vertical—out of the water like this? I’m totally okay with them swim lurking and then chomping down on the surface of the water or the shore but this is just not right. This guy is…

Sploid Casey Chan

A New Option for Crocodile Birth Control

When they live in zoos, Mugger crocodiles happily mate and lay eggs. Maybe a little too happily: when they produce two clutches of 25 to 30 eggs each year, a zoo is quickly going be swamped by little croc babies. And rampant habitat loss means that there are fewer places to return them to the…

Biology Diane Kelly

Silly video imagines if crocodiles could shoot lasers at other animals

The original footage of this battle between bats and crocodiles is already insane, as the crocs lurk in the water and chomp at the flying bats. But adding lasers to the crocs and fire bombs to the bats makes it even crazier. The warfare is like imagining a future where animals could use weapons. You…

Sploid Casey Chan

From Sweden, Cuban Crocodiles Return To Their Parents’ Swampy Birthplace

In the 1970s, cosmonaut Vladimir Shatalov was given a couple of crocodiles by Fidel Castro. The pair (named Castro and Hillary) spent time in Moscow before ending up at Stockholm’s Skansen Zoo. This week, ten young descendants of the original crocs returned to Cuba, where they’ll be released back into the wild. As ABC News…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

“Carolina Butcher” Was a Massive Croc That Hunted on its Hind Legs

The fearsome “Carolina Butcher” isn’t a legendary serial killer. It’s a 9-foot-long ancestral crocodile that stomped about the southeastern U.S. during the Late Triassic, eating smaller armored reptiles and competing with dinosaurs for top-predator status. Oh, and it walked on its hind legs. Carnufex carolinensis, fondly nicknamed the Carolina Butcher, is clearly a badass addition…

Tech News Maddie Stone

This Bird Chose The Absolute Worst Place To Poke Its Head

Animals living in the wild can’t let their guard down for a single second lest they become a quick meal. Case in point: this bird who chose a rather regrettable place to go foraging. Warning: This video isn’t particularly graphic, but it is rather sad.

io9 George Dvorsky

The Complete Crocodilian Primer

From the same person who brought us ALL THE CATS, comes the conclusion of another series on every species of crocodile. So here’s the full archive of mythbri, turkeys beware‘s now finished “Sunday Crocodilian” article series. https://gizmodo.com/a-complete-primer-for-all-the-species-of-cats-1582501174 https://observationdeck.kinja.com/sunday-crocodilian-the-complete-series-1662398368

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

This Very Tiny Crocodile Is A Master Of Disguise

Schneider’s Smooth-fronted Caiman is the world’s second smallest crocodile — a fact which comes in handy in it’s frequent attempts at hiding, both on land and in the water. Check out more after the jump. https://observationdeck.kinja.com/sunday-crocodilian-paleosuchus-trigonatus-edition-1650974467

io9 Ria Misra

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Gaze Deeply Into Nature With These Award-Winning Ecology Photos

This American Influencer Traveled to Australia to Film Himself Tackling Crocodiles. Australians Aren’t Happy

Sprinting Crocs With ‘Legs Like Greyhounds’ Once Ruled the Caribbean

True Star of Crocodile Dundee, Burt the Croc, Dies at 90

Dramatic Fossil Shows Prehistoric Sea Cow’s Brutal Encounter With Crocodylian and Shark

Ancient Two-Legged Crocodile Left Behind These Awesome Footprints

What Scientists Saw When They Put a Crocodile in an MRI Scanner and Played Classical Music

This 10-Foot-Long Jurassic Crocodile Once Menaced Britain’s Seas

Terrifying Video Shows Hippos Rescuing a Wildebeest From the Jaws of a Crocodile

Crocs Keep an Eye on You While They Sleep

Climate Change Killed Earth’s Crocodilians, and It Could Bring Them Back, Too

Video shows what it’s like to get attacked by a crocodile and to see inside its mouth

This crocodile impossibly jumping straight out of the water is the scariest thing

A New Option for Crocodile Birth Control

Silly video imagines if crocodiles could shoot lasers at other animals

From Sweden, Cuban Crocodiles Return To Their Parents’ Swampy Birthplace

“Carolina Butcher” Was a Massive Croc That Hunted on its Hind Legs

This Bird Chose The Absolute Worst Place To Poke Its Head

The Complete Crocodilian Primer

This Very Tiny Crocodile Is A Master Of Disguise

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