They figured this out by injecting Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) eggs with epidermal growth factor (EGF), a protein ...

Nile crocodiles, apex predators of Africa, exhibit remarkable hunting skills and nurturing instincts. These enormous reptiles ...

The scales on crocodiles’ heads are very different from the skin appendages of other animals and even distinct from the ...

The surprising way crocodile scales form offers a glimpse into how evolution works beyond genes.

The life cycle of a Nile crocodile begins with the mother Nile crocodiles laying 40 to 60 eggs in a sandy nest, where she vigilantly guards them for about three months. This hatchling will become ...

COLUMN. A team from the University of Geneva has shown that the formation of patterns on the head of this great reptile is ...

A groundbreaking study reveals that crocodile scale formation is driven by tissue mechanics rather than genetics.

They display dominance by hissing, bellowing and slapping the water with their tails to communicate. During the nesting season, a mother Nile crocodile deposits her eggs in carefully dug nests along ...

The Museum curator Cornelius Njeru said they would supply eggs to local farmers licensed ... Mr Njeru said a male Nile crocodile had arrived to replace the one that died of old age.