In 1975, just three years after the release of the Kawasaki Jet Ski, the American crocodile was nearing extinction in the U.S ...

SOUTH DADE (CBSMiami) -- Turkey Point nuclear power plant's "crocodile team" is on a mission: to monitor and protect the American crocodiles that make their home in the cooling canals surrounding the ...

Nuclear crocodiles are real in Florida. No, they don't glow in the dark, but they do spend their lives in the canals outside a nuclear power plant. In Homestead, at Florida Power & Light's (FPL) ...

American crocodiles are rare and reclusive, which makes it all the more unusual that one took off with someone’s dog in its jaws near Tortoise Island in Central Florida. It happened July 31 in Brevard ...

LONG KEY, Fla. — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's research institute recently published new research about the translocation of American crocodiles – with one making a ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Turkey Point nuclear power plant is making history thanks to the prolific crocodiles who make their home in the cooling canals surrounding the plant, about 25 miles south of Miami.

The first-known occurrence of a "virgin birth" by a crocodile has been documented by scientists, according to a study published by on Wednesday Biology Letters, a peer-reviewed journal. In 2018, the ...

Crocodiles are a grayish green color with a narrow tapered snout Alligators are black in color and have a broad rounded snout What do they eat? Natural prey for crocodiles include fish, reptiles, ...

American crocodiles are rare and only 2,000 adults live in Florida. One was captured in Brevard County, which is the northern most range for the species. FWC video screengrab The American crocodile is ...

DAVIE — A study led by University of Florida scientists that focused on the threatened American Crocodile maps out the status of their population over the last 40 years in response to changes in the ...

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — One Florida woman was surprised by a giant reptile in her backyard -- but it wasn't your typical alligator. Turns out it was a 10-15 foot rare American crocodile, according to a ...