In its 4.5 billion year history, Earth has undergone five mass extinctions and we are potentially in a sixth era of mass death. Today’s crocodylians are the surviving members of a lineage called ...

The Everglades' eclectic alligators are surprisingly diverse builders, bodyguards, commuters, and health-bringing engineers.

On a roadtrip through sleepy towns and coastal waterways, Tayari Jones unveils a history more relevant than ever.

It’s easy to forget that time can stand still…at least for some remarkable creatures and plants. Imagine walking through an ...

Alligator pilau, gopher tortoise stew ... It might be considered an ancestor of the whiskey sour. It was a hit with Loyalists and Patriots alike. Mix 1 gallon of rum with the peel of 6 oranges.

There are many endangered animals in the world, but few are under threat quite like this once-common wolf species of which ...

Most people think of crocodilians as living fossils—stubbornly unchanged, prehistoric relics that have ruled the world's ...

Crocodilian ancestors persisted through two mass extinction events, a feat requiring evolutionary agility to adapt to a rapidly changed world. The study's authors discovered that one secret to ...

DISCUSSION IN THE SENATE. WELL, IT IS ALLIGATOR MATING SEASON, AND A NEW STUDY IS GIVING INSIGHT INTO WHY GATORS MAY ATTACK HUMANS. IT WAS DONE BY RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AND ...

Risky human behavior, not aggression by alligators, is the leading cause of alligator bites. A recent study is the first to develop a ranking system that categorizes human actions immediately ...