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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered a bone from a pterosaur (giant flying reptile or 'pterodactyl') in the guts of the skeletal remains of a Velociraptor (small predatory theropod dinosaur) that lived in the Gobi Desert in Mongolia some 75 million years ago. http://phys.org/news250250740.html Other Sciences Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:06:30 EST news250250740 Crocodiles have been put through their paces on a treadmill as part of a James Cook University research project to help determine which muscles they use to breathe. http://phys.org/news249288125.html Biology Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:10:01 EST news249288125 (PhysOrg.com) -- Research published today (22nd February) provides, for the first time, a clear answer to the debate as to whether Triceratops and other extinct creatures took on a more mammal-like or more reptile like posture. http://phys.org/news249210471.html Other Sciences Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:08:17 EST news249210471 (PhysOrg.com) -- The genome sequence of the saltwater crocodile has been completed by an international collaboration of scientists, including researchers from the University of Sydney. http://phys.org/news248428059.html Biology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:50:01 EST news248428059 (PhysOrg.com) -- Some 125 million years ago--more recently than once thought possible -- the molecular structure of the modern feather began to take form, according to molecular dating research by scientists at the University of South Carolina. http://phys.org/news247825617.html Biology Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:00:01 EST news247825617 A University of Missouri researcher has identified a new species of prehistoric crocodile. The extinct creature, nicknamed "Shieldcroc" due to a thick-skinned shield on its head, is an ancestor of today's crocodiles. Its discovery provides scientists with additional information about the evolution of crocodiles and how scientists can gain insight into ways to protect the species' environment and help prevent extinction. The discovery was published this week in the journal PLoS ONE. http://phys.org/news247239946.html Other Sciences Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:00:11 EST news247239946 The Nile crocodile is a species that was identified by ancient Egyptians. Genetic analysis done by a group of geneticists using samples taken from species throughout the animal's range and including DNA from mummified crocodile remains indicates that more than one species is known by this name. http://phys.org/news243534319.html Biology Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:26:38 EST news243534319 (AP) -- An unexpected but fruitful relationship has blossomed between two potent forces in the swamps of South Florida: the American crocodile, and a nuclear power plant. http://phys.org/news242381199.html Biology Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:06:47 EST news242381199 A small Philippine town on Wednesday laid claim to having the world's largest captive crocodile after an Australian expert measured the saltwater beast at more than six metres. http://phys.org/news240056555.html Biology Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:22:42 EST news240056555 Deep inside the Philippines' largest marshland, tribespeople who once revered crocodiles as mystical creatures say they now feel terrorised by them. http://phys.org/news237614860.html Biology Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:07:50 EST news237614860 A monster crocodile which is reputedly the world's largest is the star attraction at its own nature park which opened in the Philippines this weekend, weeks after the beast's capture. http://phys.org/news235588114.html Biology Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:09:41 EST news235588114 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the Fordham University in New York have uncovered evidence that what the world has looked to as the iconic Nile crocodile is actually two different species of crocodile that are only distantly related. The new research is published in Molecular Ecology. http://phys.org/news235316502.html Biology Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:30:01 EST news235316502 An Australian crocodile called Cassius Clay was on Thursday declared the biggest in captivity by Guinness World Records, although his reign may be brief after reports of a rival giant emerged. http://phys.org/news235277604.html Biology Thu, 15 Sep 2011 03:53:34 EST news235277604 Did an ancient crocodile relative give the world's largest snake a run for its money? http://phys.org/news235275378.html Other Sciences Thu, 15 Sep 2011 03:16:47 EST news235275378 Efforts to save the Philippine crocodile, a "critically endangered" reptile, could go in vain as bureaucrats oppose their release into the wild, a top Philippine environment official said Wednesday. http://phys.org/news235228356.html Biology Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:13:24 EST news235228356 An animal rights group urged the Philippines to free what is thought to be the world's largest crocodile in captivity, even though it allegedly killed two people. http://phys.org/news234843301.html Biology Sat, 10 Sep 2011 03:15:43 EST news234843301 (AP) -- One of the world's rarest crocodile species has moved a little bit further from extinction with the hatching of 20 wild eggs plucked from a nest found in southern Laos. http://phys.org/news233566334.html Biology Fri, 26 Aug 2011 08:32:32 EST news233566334 (PhysOrg.com) -- McGill and University of Sao Paulo researchers identify new species of 70-million-year-old crocodile - with really big teeth and dog-shaped head. http://phys.org/news230399546.html Other Sciences Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:30:01 EST news230399546 (PhysOrg.com) -- Where do turtles belong on the evolutionary tree? For decades, the mystery has proven as tough to crack as the creatures' shells. With their body armor and retractable heads, turtles are such unique creatures that scientists have found it difficult to classify the strange animals in terms of their origins and closest relatives. http://phys.org/news230356377.html Biology Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:55:39 EST news230356377 (PhysOrg.com) -- Making its first appearance in Texas, a prehistoric crocodile thought to have originated in Europe now appears to have been a native of the Lone Star State. http://phys.org/news229843535.html Other Sciences Thu, 14 Jul 2011 06:27:17 EST news229843535 Wildlife researchers in Malaysia are to track a saltwater crocodile by satellite, they said Wednesday, in a bid to find out why nearly 40 people have been attacked on Borneo island over a decade. http://phys.org/news228539393.html Biology Wed, 29 Jun 2011 04:40:01 EST news228539393 (PhysOrg.com) -- 'Gators. They're everywhere in freshwater areas of the Southeastern U.S. http://phys.org/news228121921.html Biology Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:12:47 EST news228121921 A new genetic study by a team of Cuban and American researchers confirms that American crocodiles are hybridizing with wild populations of critically endangered Cuban crocodiles, which may cause a population decline of this species found only in the Cuban Archipelago. http://phys.org/news227959655.html Biology Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:07:56 EST news227959655 Australian park rangers said on Friday they had caught the year's biggest crocodile, a whopping 4.5 metres (15 feet) beast which had been terrorising fishermen. http://phys.org/news226929281.html Biology Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:54:53 EST news226929281 Paleontologists have discovered numerous marine sea life fossils at a dig site in Sewell, N.J., including sea turtles, crocodiles, other reptiles, and fish. http://phys.org/news226903122.html Other Sciences Fri, 10 Jun 2011 05:39:26 EST news226903122 Thai customs have discovered hundreds of live turtles and other rare animals in luggage at Bangkok's main airport, the latest in a series of wildlife seizures in the kingdom, an official said on Thursday. http://phys.org/news226216136.html Biology Thu, 02 Jun 2011 06:49:08 EST news226216136 A fossil unearthed in China in the 1970s of a creature that died about 247 million years ago, originally thought to be a distant relative of both birds and crocodiles, turns out to have come from the crocodile family tree after it had already split from the bird family tree, according to research led by a University of Washington paleontologist. http://phys.org/news224950183.html Other Sciences Wed, 18 May 2011 15:10:13 EST news224950183 The movie Jurassic Park got one thing right: Those velociraptors hunted by night while the big plant-eaters browsed around the clock, according to a new study of the eyes of fossil animals. The study will be published online April 14 in the journal Science. http://phys.org/news222008713.html Other Sciences Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:05:37 EST news222008713 US scientists in the Florida Everglades are recruiting crocodiles and alligators in their fight to preserve the fragile wetlands by implanting satellite chips in their necks for the first time. http://phys.org/news219039572.html Biology Fri, 11 Mar 2011 04:40:03 EST news219039572 A group of ferocious Australian crocodiles were so traumatised by a maximum-strength cyclone last week that they hid under water and stopped eating, wildlife park officials said Friday. http://phys.org/news216624976.html Biology Fri, 11 Feb 2011 06:10:01 EST news216624976