There are plenty of examples of mutualism in nature. Be it the rhinosaurus and the oxpecker, clownfish and sea anemones, or sharks and remora fish, there are unlikely besties in the wild that work ...

The life of a Nile Crocodile begins with the mother Nile crocodile laying 40 to 60 eggs in a sandy nest, where she guards ...

Crocodiles react to the distress of a crying infant, even from very distant species. Nile crocodiles were found to be able to tell the level of distress of a crying baby from several species ...

Deep in the Nubia, a region along the Nile in southern Egypt, a baby crocodile sits on Mamdouh Hassan's shoulder to woo tourists. The reptiles are a source of income for Egypt's Nubian minority ...

Nile crocodiles, although fearsome predators that sometimes kill and eat humans, are also caring parents. Every type of crocodile and alligator, in fact, tends its young.

A famous Nile crocodile named Henry just celebrated a birthday last year, turning 124 in December. This living fossil currently resides at Crocworld Conservation Centre in South Africa, after ...

A baby crocodile hatches from its egg in Indonesia. (Image credit: Getty) Crocodiles lay an average of 12 to 48 eggs at a time. The hatchlings stay in their eggs for 55 to 100 days.

A baby, however, would be easier for a Nile crocodile to take down. Once Adamson found the sight, she sat down on the river bank and took some photographs of the strange sighting.

The specimens found at Qubbet el Hawa belong to two species: the Nile crocodile and the West African crocodile. When alive, the mummified crocodiles ranged in size from around six feet to 11.5 feet.