MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Stephanie Kirsop didn’t believe her son when he called to say a crocodile was lurking in a creek near their home. The family live in the temperate coastal city of Newcastle ...

"It's believed Casper is a leucistic crocodile with a genetic mutation that results in a paler skin pigment," the caption ...

Police in Australia are warning residents that crocodiles are "absolutely everywhere" after heavy rains caused major flooding in parts of the Northern Territory. "There are crocs absolutely everywhere ...

There’s sad news to report from the Australian animal kingdom. Burt, the saltwater crocodile that rose to fame with a cameo in the 1980s action movie “Crocodile Dundee,” who had a fiery temper coupled ...

The aquatic reptiles cannot resist eating invasive toads that are toxic, so scientists gave the crocodiles a dose of nonlethal food poisoning to adjust their behavior. By Jack Tamisiea When Dr. Seuss ...

Freshwater crocodiles die every year in Australia from eating poisonous cane toads that humans introduced to the continent. Now scientists have... To save wild crocodiles in Australia, scientists gave ...

Australia Crocodile In this photo provided by Australian Reptile Park, its manager Billy Collett holds a freshwater crocodile caught in Ironbark Creek near Newcastle, Australia, Sunday, March 1, 2026.