Alligator and crocodile news, features and articles

Australian parks and wildlife rangers captured a 15-foot 5-inch-long, 1,300-lb. crocodile Monday (July 9). Experts told us how the animal got so big.

A teenage girl rafting in a creek got the fright of her life when an alligator nearly as long as two grand-size pianos chased her up a tree in Florida's Ocala National Forest on Friday (June 29).

Everybody has a plan until they get head-butted by an alligator.

The gators have devised a clever trick to breathe during the cold snap.

Australian politician Bob Katter wants to launch a war … against crocodiles.

A crocodile, scared away by two territorial hippos, releases a live wildebeest from its jaws.

Scientists have named a species of Jurassic crocodile after Motörhead's deceased frontman, Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister.

A predatory beast with leathery orange skin is gallivanting through social media today, sowing fear in its wake.

A video of a massive alligator crossing a trail in Florida swampland has gone viral, but the creature's massive size isn't all that unusual.

High-resolution scans of a sizable Egyptian crocodile mummy revealed unexpected stowaways that the croc had literally been keeping under wraps for 2,000 years.