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Wild crocodile found outside Michigan home, cops say. ‘I thought it was a joke'

What is a crocodile native to South America doing in Michigan, where encounters are more likely with suburban streets than with the wetlands it calls home? It's a question Hampton Township officers ...
People

Odd Behavior Makes Wild Crocodiles Look Like Drowning Humans — Are They Trying to Lure People to Their Deaths?

Crocodile experts responded to recent viral footage of a saltwater crocodile waving its feet in the air in a way that looks like a drowning human Can old crocodiles learn new tricks? The wild ...
Scientific American

Saving the Endangered Cuban Crocodile

The critically endangered Cuban crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer) has many peculiar qualities, but perhaps the most intriguing one is its curiosity. For biologists conducting fieldwork in Zapata Swamp, ...
Mongabay

Rare captive-bred crocodiles develop new, ‘odd’ habits in Philippine wild

Crocodile experts in the Philippines have discovered new habits among the critically endangered Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis) that could help them better understand how to protect and ...
Reuters

The last-ditch race to save the Orinoco crocodile

Venezuelan biologist Carlos Alvarado, 34, has one hand on the young crocodile’s neck and another on its tail. With the help of some tape and calipers, he is measuring it, tracking its growth a few ...
Mongabay

Siamese crocodile release into the wild marks conservation milestone in Cambodia

This month, conservationists released 10 captive-bred Siamese crocodiles into Cambodia’s Virachey National Park as part of a regionwide effort to boost wild populations of the critically endangered ...