Alligators & Crocodiles

A video of a massive alligator crossing a trail in Florida swampland has gone viral, but the creature's massive size isn't all that unusual.

High-resolution scans of a sizable Egyptian crocodile mummy revealed unexpected stowaways that the croc had literally been keeping under wraps for 2,000 years.

Under a mummified crocodile's bandages hid dozens of baby crocodiles, each one individually swaddled.

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.