The ancient world holds secrets that continue to baffle archaeologists, historians, and curious minds today. From cities that ...

If you’ve watched sports on even a casual basis, you’ve likely noticed a trend when it comes to the team names and mascots.

At a glance, alligators and crocodiles look nearly identical. Both are massive reptiles with armored skin, powerful jaws and ...

Researchers led by the University of Iowa have described and named a new crocodile species that roamed a region in Africa ...

The reptile was named Crocodylus lucivenator, meaning “Lucy’s hunter.” The name references Lucy, one of the most famous early human ancestors ever discovered. Lucy lived about 3.2 million years ago ...

In biology and palaeontology (the study of extinct organisms) there are a few ways to estimate the age of an animal’s skeleton. One is the extent of fusion of sutures in the skeleton – how much the ...

Scientists discover half-tonne, 15ft giant crocodile that hunted our ancestor ‘Lucy’ - Extinct crocodile species had peculiar, large hump in the middle of its snout ...

Researchers led by the University of Iowa have described and named a new crocodile species that roamed a region in Africa more than 3 million years ago. The species is named Lucy’s hunter, because it ...

Meet Lucy's hunter, a massive, horned crocodile that likely terrorized early human ancestors in ancient Ethiopia.

Can crocodiles and alligators co-exist in the wild? The answer is yes – but there is only one place on the planet where this happens.

For the first half of the twentieth century, Sudan was a joint protectorate of Egypt and the United Kingdom, known as the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium. Egypt and the United Kingdom signed a treaty ...