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 ...

In a discovery that’s reshaping what we know about ancient crocodilians, paleontologists have identified a tiny land-dwelling croc species that once roamed southwest Montana during the Cretaceous ...

A fossil from the blustery plains of Patagonia is revising your book on one of the most elusive bands of hunting dinosaurs. The newly discovered dinosaur, Joaquinraptor casali, preyed on the soggy ...

A fossilised skull excavated near a river in Eastern Sudan is a newly described species of crocodile, Crocodylus sudani, according to a study in Scientific Reports 1. It is the geologically youngest ...

Fossils unearthed in Morocco are the first from a little-understood period of human evolution and may be remains of a ...

Megaraptorans were known for their elongated skulls and powerful claws. Paleontologists in Argentina have discovered a new predatory dinosaur -- the fossils of which contained a crocodile bone within ...

Life reconstruction of Wadisuchus kassabi from the Late Cretaceous of Egypt, showing an adult capturing a lungfish in a wetland, with a juvenile nearby. (Nathan Dehaut via SWNS) By Stephen Beech A ...