I write about the world of biology. Crocodilians—semiaquatic reptiles comprising crocodiles, gharials, alligators and caimans—are remarkable. Often described as living fossils due to their ...

Crocodilians haven't changed much in millions of years on this planet. The only thing you can say has changed for better or ...

The study, published in Royal Society Open Science, compared dinosaur lungs to those of living crocodilians, such as crocodiles and alligator, and the lungs of modern-day bird species, such as the ...

These finds shed some light on reproductive strategies that resemble those of both crocodilians and birds. Scientists believe that Troodon produced a pair of eggs at periodic intervals and then ...

The first sauropsid diapsid reptile appeared in the fossil record in the Late Carboniferous: a small animal (60 - 70 cm long), agile, likely feeding on large insects and other arthropods The ...