WATCH: Zebras disappear after jumping into river full of crocodiles
- 06-Apr-2023
A video showing a herd of zebras crossing a river full of crocodiles has emerged on social media platforms. In the video, zebras can be seen crossing a river with many crocodiles in it. As soon the zebras jump into the river, the crocodiles started chasing them. View this post on Instagram A […]
South African police hunt for man-eating crocodiles after farm escape
- 06-Mar-2021
The escaped crocodiles, with a reputation as man-eaters, are 1.2 and 1.5 metres in length.
Seven crocodiles die in a single day at Bahawalpur Zoo
- 01-Feb-2020
Due to increasing cold weather and lack of food, a number of precious animals at the Bahawalpur Zoo have fallen weak.
Crocodiles were once vegetarians
- 28-Jun-2019
Crocodiles are sometimes described as living fossils for their close resemblance to their forebears who roamed the Earth during the age of the dinosaurs.
Military steps in as Australia floods bring crocodiles to the streets
- 04-Feb-2019
Australia´s tropical north typically experiences heavy rains during the monsoon season
Crocodiles snapped up at world’s tallest statue
- 25-Jan-2019
The reptiles, the largest around three metres, are being lured into metal cages and moved elsewhere in the western state of Gujarat on the back of pickup trucks.
Crocodiles guard secrets of Pakistan’s lost African past
- 05-Apr-2018
KARACHI: Dancing and chanting in Swahili at a crocodile shrine outside Karachi, hundreds of Pakistani Sheedis swayed barefoot to the rhythm of a language they no longer speak — the celebration offering a rare chance to connect with their African roots. For many Sheedis, the swampy crocodile shrine to Sufi saint Haji Syed Shaikh Sultan — […]
Bangladesh hopes to rekindle passion to save rare crocodiles
- 13-Aug-2017
DHAKA: Bangladeshi conservationists introduced two rare river-dwelling crocodiles to potential mates Sunday in a last-ditch attempt to save the critically-endangered species from extinction. A 36-year-old female gharial — a fish-eating crocodile once native to rivers across the Indian subcontinent — was brought from a zoo in northeast Bangladesh to the capital Dhaka, where it is […]
Dino ancestors looked like crocodiles: study
- 13-Apr-2017
LONDON: Fossils discovered in Tanzania in the 1930s have helped identify a “missing link” in dinosaur evolution that reveals their ancestors had long necks, walked on four legs and looked like crocodiles. The 245-million-year-old fossils held in Britain’s Natural History Museum were studied by palaeontologist Alan Charig in the 1950s. But they were incomplete and […]
VIDEO: Police hunt men who dumped crocodiles in Australian school
- 23-Aug-2016
MELBOURNE: Australian police are searching for four men who left three malnourished saltwater crocodiles in a school, after breaking in to steal computer equipment.