The authors suggest that in these cases among reptiles, birds, and now crocodiles, there may be a common evolutionary origin. "This discovery offers tantalizing insights into the possible ...

In the video, a small alligator can be seen emerging from a pond and stalking a white bird that seems unaware of its presence A crocodile, much bigger than the alligator, can then be seen ...

This is the first known instance of a crocodile virgin birth, but virgin births have been recorded in fish, birds, lizards, and snakes Getty Images Scientists have discovered the first-known case ...

Lying at the edge of the water was a saltwater crocodile, officials said, hungrily eyeing the birds on the beach. A saltwater crocodile swam in the shallow water, taking inventory of the birds in ...

And it’s also been found in birds, lizards, turtles and sharks. Now, of course, crocodiles join the list. Many of the offspring produced this way are very ill or weak, according to Booth.

Crocodiles are the closest living relatives of the birds, sharing a common ancestor that lived around 240 million years ago and also gave rise to the dinosaurs. A new study of crocodilian genomes led ...

The new discovery hints at the possibility that dinosaurs and pterosaurs—the extinct relatives of both birds and crocodiles—may have also been capable of reproducing in this way. Researchers ...