Tag Archive for 'Nile crocodile'

A Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus). Image credit: Tambako the Jaguar.

Invasive Nile Crocodiles Were Captured in Florida, DNA Study Confirms

May 20, 2016 by News Staff

Using DNA analysis, scientists have confirmed the capture of Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) in South Florida. A Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)....

Juvenile African slender-snouted crocodile, Mecistops cataphractus, on a tree branch in Loango National Park, Gabon. Image credit: Vladimir Dinets et al.

Crocodiles Can Climb Trees, Biologists Find

Feb 12, 2014 by News Staff

According to a team of biologists led by Dr Vladimir Dinets from the University of Tennessee, certain species of crocodiles are able to climb trees as...