Learn why a comprehensive comparison of crocodile skulls, teeth, and jaws hints that generalists, not specialists are best ...

By Stephen Beech Crocodiles' ability to eat almost anything helped their ancestors survive two mass extinctions, suggests new ...

Researching their diet and ability to adapt to planetary upheavals to help protect the most vulnerable species today.

For scientists and conservationists, knowing how species survive planetary crises can lead to more effective protection of vulnerable species.

"There has been a bewildering array of different ecological roles for crocodylomorphs, from terrestrial herbivores and ...

In its 4.5 billion year history, Earth has undergone five mass extinctions and we are potentially in a sixth era of mass death. Today’s crocodylians are the surviving members of a lineage called ...

Most people think of crocodilians as living fossils—stubbornly unchanged, prehistoric relics that have ruled the world's swampiest corners for millions of years. But their evolutionary history tells a ...

Researchers link two ancient mass extinctions to nearby supernova explosions, which may have damaged Earth's atmosphere and triggered global biodiversity loss. A new study suggests that at least two o ...

Read about the Jurassic extinction event that wiped out many species at the beginning of this Period and led to the rise of ...

A Texas-based startup has revived the long-extinct dire wolf, but should we take their efforts with a pinch of salt?

met a shared fate in a mysterious mass-mortality event that took place around 230 million years ago. Aaron Michael Kufner, PhD, an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and ...

Experts have discovered massive meat-eating and plant-eating dinosaurs drank together from the island's shallow freshwater lagoons 167 million years ago. A team at the University of Edinburgh ...