Few animal stories sit as uneasily between fact and folklore as the tale of Gustave, the massive Nile crocodile blamed for years of deadly attacks in Central Africa. Depending on who tells it, he was ...

Crocodiles are often described as survivors from a distant past. Creatures that have changed very little despite millions of years passing. Among them, two species repeatedly capture attention: the ...

A massive hippo calmly displaces five Nile crocodiles from a fresh kill in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. Adult hippos dominate shared waterways and rarely back down from crocodiles. Both hippos and Nile ...