Alligator and crocodile news, features and articles

Gators have stayed the same for at least 8 million years, a new report says.

A centuries-old stone crocodile carving used in Mesoamerican rituals was recently discovered in Oaxaca, Mexico.

This beast would touch opposing walls in a typical living room.

Crocodiles, alligators, and their modern and extinct relatives take center stage in a new exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

Nile crocodiles — American crocodiles' larger, more aggressive cousins from the African continent — have been identified in the wild in southern Florida for the first time.

Here's a look at the 130-million-year-old remains of a monster-size crocodile ancestor and excavation at the site where Star Wars' Tatooine was filmed.

Have you heard that expression "better sleep with one eye open?" Crocs may take that advice to heart.

A peg-toothed crocodile relative with a mouth like a shovel lived in the prehistoric swamps of Peru about 13 million years ago, a new study finds.