The reptile was named Crocodylus lucivenator, meaning “Lucy’s hunter.” The name references Lucy, one of the most famous early human ancestors ever discovered. Lucy lived about 3.2 million years ago ...

"You cannot wait until an invasive species has demonstrated its impact upon the ecosystem. If you do, then it's too late." ...

A large, aggressive lizard species is establishing breeding populations across South Florida, and it’s nothing like the iguanas residents are used to seeing on seawalls or in backyard mango trees.

There are plenty of dangerous beasts out there whose teeth, claws, horns and hoofs can do some serious harm to a mere human. We’ve rounded up the deadliest of them all – from bears and crocodiles to ...

A good story acts as a portal to another world — but travellers are increasingly interested in visiting the real-life locations that have inspired their favourite books, with ‘readaways’ likely to be ...

Crocodiles aren’t the only apex predators in their world - sometimes lions enter the same territory. When these two collide, it’s a fight between ambush and raw power. Nile crocodiles can reach ...

It can swallow entire gazelles, turtles, and even lions. This is the Nile crocodile, the most dangerous crocodile in the world. It normally preys on after animals found in Africa, but now, it's coming ...

As the son of archaeologists, National Geographic Explorer David Stuart spent his childhood wandering ancient Maya ruins—and helped shape what we know about the civilization today. The ruins of the ...

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National Geographic photographer Joshua Cogan returns to eastern Nevada to document the art, culture, and creative traditions shaped by the region’s high-desert landscape. At Spanish Ranch in ...

Until now, estimating how old a dinosaur was when it died has been a fairly simple process — just count up the growth rings in its fossilized bones. "We always thought that those rings were formed ...