The Nile crocodile is a truly iconic animal. Or, more accurately, two iconic animals. As I’ve just written over at Nature News: The iconic Nile crocodile actually comprises two different species ...

The Nile crocodile looks almost identical to the American crocodile, Crocodylus acutus. But Nile crocodiles, the researchers say, can grow much larger than their American counterparts—up to 18 ...

The Nile crocodile, in my opinion, is one of the most underrated African game animals. Crocs lurked the Earth’s waters for more than 80 million years (they once hunted dinosaurs), and they now sit at ...

A safari company in South Africa has shared footage showing a Nile crocodile maneuvering out of water carrying an enormous fish. (Footage posted below.) “A young Nile Crocodile surprised us by ...

Around 15,000 Nile crocodiles were accidentally released into the Limpopo from the nearby Rakwena Crocodile Farm in 2013 due to the flood gates being opened, with as many as 10,000 having remained ...

A famous Nile crocodile named Henry just celebrated a birthday last year, turning 124 in December. This living fossil currently resides at Crocworld Conservation Centre in South Africa, after ...

Believed to be the world’s oldest known Nile crocodile in captivity, Henry has been a resident at the centre since 1985. Henry was born in the Okavango Delta in Botswana where he lived most of ...