When sharks and crocodiles meet, science shows no clear victor exists. Survival, strategy, speed and strength determine outcomes, but most encounters end with caution, retreat and evolutionary balance ...

A long time ago, strange predators roamed the Caribbean — not just birds and snakes, but land-dwelling crocodiles that sprinted after prey like hungry wolves. These ancient reptiles weren’t what most ...

Witnessing an apex predator is often enough for most people. But what happens when two of the most powerful shallow-water hunters cross paths? In most instances, not much. However, there are rare ...

How did reptilian things that looked something like crocodiles get to the Caribbean islands from South America millions of years ago? They probably walked. The existence of any prehistoric apex ...

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has ...

A Nile crocodile measuring an astonishing 21 feet has been recorded as the largest ever. Researchers in Africa are amazed by this record-breaking apex predator.

In South America’s wetlands and riverbanks, one animal seems to move with unusual ease through landscapes that many species ...

Imagine a crocodile built like a greyhound — that’s a sebecid. Standing tall, with some species reaching 20 feet in length, sebecids were top predators until they went extinct during the Miocene.