While alligators and crocodiles share a fearsome appearance, key differences set them apart. Snout shape, tooth visibility ...

A thirsty wild hog steps out from the cover and protection of the woods to the swamp’s shore. As it laps up the water, a ...

Glaciered takes place on Earth 65 million years in the future, where the “Everwinter” has transformed the planet’s surface into a gigantic sheet of ice and life continues to survive under the ...

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Glaciered takes place on Earth 65 million years in the future, where the “Everwinter” has transformed the planet’s surface into a gigantic sheet of ice and life continues to survive under the ...

Eileen Daspin is an editor living in New York City who grew up in Orlando. For most visitors, a trip to Central Florida means a visit to a theme park, including Walt Disney World, Universal Studios ...

Crocodylians are surviving members of a 230-million-year lineage called crocodylomorphs, a group that includes living crocodylians (i.e. crocodiles, alligators and gharials) and their many extinct ...

Established in 1936, Herpetologica is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal serving herpetologists, biologists, ecologists, conservationists, researchers and the scientific community. The journal contains ...

You can recognize alligators by their long snouts. ©Ernie Hounshell/Shutterstock.com Alligators are large reptiles in the genus Crocodilia. Although they are in the same genus as crocodiles, they are ...

An artist’s impression of the new dinosaur, Comptonatus chasei. Credit: John Sibbick A new dinosaur species, Comptonatus chasei, discovered on the Isle of Wight, represents a major advancement in ...