Monster five metre crocodile captured in Sarawak’s Sungai Tatau after sightings, attacks (VIDEO)

Monster five-metre crocodile captured in Sarawak’s Sungai Tatau after sightings, attacks (VIDEO)

TATAU, July 9 — A giant crocodile measuring about five metres in length was captured on the first day of a joint c...

Rescuers snap into action after crocodile found in Hong Kong building

An injured juvenile crocodile has been found in a Hong Kong residential building, prompting a rescue operation by an animal concern group. At about 1pm on Wednesday, police alerted the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) that a member of the public had reported spotting the reptile at a residential block on Tai Po Road in Sham Shui Po. It was later confirmed to be a juvenile hybrid of a Siamese crocodile and a saltwater crocodile. The SPCA said personnel equipped with rescue...

World’s largest captive crocodile Cassius dies in Australia

SYDNEY (Reuters) – A 5.48 metre (18 ft) Australian crocodile that held the world record as the largest crocodile in captivity has died, a wildlife sanctuary said on Saturday. He was thought to be more than 110 years old. Cassius, weighing in at more than one ton, had been in declining health since Oct. 15, Marineland Melanesia Crocodile Habitat said on Facebook. “He was very old and believed to be living beyond the years of []

Mother father and son jumped into crocodile pit to save boy, new details reveal

An incredible feat of bravery Heartbreaking new details have emerged after a three-year-old ended up in crocodile enclosure at a zoo in Cambridgeshire. The incident happened on June 18, with police responding to calls to the zoo at Johnson’s of Old Hurst at 13:24 on Thursday following reports that a boy had suffered serious injuries. []

Côte d’Ivoire’s tree-climbing crocodile needs to be protected, scientist says

On a recent visit to Taï National Park, in southwestern Côte d’Ivoire, Mongabay accompanied Ivorian environmental scientist Christine Kouman on a night-time boat trip up the Hana River. The river is home to Africa’s rarest crocodile, the critically-endangered West African slender-snouted crocodile. For more than a decade Kouman, whose work has been supported by Project []