A sharp-toothed fossil found in an Egyptian desert proves that sea-going crocodiles originated in Africa, according to scientists. They say the earliest long-snouted fossil crocodile, which was around ...

Fossilized remains of a long-snouted crocodile-like reptile have been uncovered in Egypt’s Western Desert. Paleontologists from Mansoura University have named the new species of ancient crocodile as ...

A newly unearthed fossil has led experts to believe an ancient species of crocodile may have been an apex predator that hunted dinosaurs on land. Paleontologist and National Geographic Explorer Diego ...

More than three million years ago, in the area that is now Ethiopia, our early human ancestors lived in a landscape that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The fossil skull of Kostensuchus atrox, a 70-million-year-old relative to modern-day crocodiles. It is thought to have been an ...

Scientists have discovered a “hypercarnivore” crocodile-relative species in Argentina that terrorised dinosaurs in the region with its powerful jaw and big teeth. The new species has been named ...