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Rescued from smugglers, crocodile released into river

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 18:47

A young marsh crocodile, which was rescued from smugglers some months ago, has been released into the wild.

Tooth helps discover largest known aquatic reptile in Oz

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 19:42

Scientists have linked a fossilized tooth - found in 1994 Gippsland, Victoria - to the biggest and oldest aquatic reptile to have called Australia their home.

New species of marine reptile found in Iraq

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 16:58

Ichthyosaurs are marine reptiles known from hundreds of fossils from the time of the dinosaurs.

Crocodile captured by forest dept in Odisha

Last Updated: Monday, May 13, 2013, 19:54

A six-foot-long saltwater crocodile that had strayed into a village pond in Kendrapara district of Odisha, was captured alive by forest personnel much to the relief of panicked local residents.

Russian scientists name fossil reptile after Lenin

Last Updated: Sunday, March 31, 2013, 12:44

Russian scientists, studying pre-historic life, have named a recently discovered fossil ichthyosaur after Vladimir Lenin, the father of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution.

Phoenix alligator gets prosthetic tail

Last Updated: Monday, March 11, 2013, 17:58

An alligator has become the first in the world to be given a prosthetic tail.

New but extinct flying reptile discovered

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 5, 2013, 16:50

A new kind of pterosaur has been identified by scientists from the Transylvanian Museum Society in Romania, the University of Southampton in the UK and the Museau Nacional in Rio de Janiero, Brazil.

Snakes originated on land not sea

Last Updated: Friday, July 27, 2012, 16:52

One of the most primitive snake fossils have debunked the belief that the slithery reptiles had originated in the sea, suggesting instead that they were the creatures of land.

Over 3000 crocodiles rescued from smugglers in China

Last Updated: Sunday, July 8, 2012, 09:52

Police in China`s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region have seized more than 3,600 smuggled crocodiles, saving them from being served as exotic dishes, official sources said.

`Philippine crocodile is largest in captivity`

Last Updated: Sunday, July 1, 2012, 18:04

Guinness World Records has declared that a huge crocodile blamed for deadly attacks in the southern Philippines is the largest in captivity in the world.

Reptile Tuatara spits on mammal chewing theory

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 19:20

The tuatara’s complex chewing technique raises doubts about the supposed link between chewing and high metabolism in mammals.

Reptile with feather-like structures lived before dinosaurs

Last Updated: Monday, March 26, 2012, 15:37

The strange skin appendages of Longisquama are neither scales nor feathers.