The croc family tree may be getting a new branch. Analyzing fossilized remains discovered in the same bedrock that built the Great Sphinx, paleontologists newly identified a crocodilian species that ...

A new species of extinct crocodile from Egypt has been discovered, sharing more than just its home with the Great Sphinx. Herugavialis cairensis was found in the very same rocks used to build the ...

A massive prehistoric snake discovered in India may have rivaled the largest snake ever known. Called Vasuki indicus, the 47-million-year-old giant could have reached up to 50 feet long, making it ...

It's officially Forest Service Road 345 but it's far better known as Snake Road, an incredibly rare stretch Illinois' Shawnee National Forest that may be the only street in the U.S. to close for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A skull of a new prehistoric crocodile species recently identified by scientists. - Paul Burke The croc family tree may be getting ...

A skull from the now extinct ‘Herugavialis cairensis’ was discovered in the 1920s—and is also missing part of its nose. By Laura Baisas Published Oct 6, 2026 7:00 PM EDT Add Popular Science (opens in ...

Learn more about Herugavialis cairensis, an extinct crocodile species whose fossil came from the same rocks as the Great Sphinx. What do the Great Sphinx and the newly discovered extinct crocodile ...

The ancient reptile has just two living relatives, both of which are endangered The Royal Society Publishing Scientists have discovered a previously unknown ancient species of crocodile The fossil was ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. About 45 million years ago in northern Egypt, a long-snouted crocodile hunted in the warm, shallow sea. Its bones settled into the same limestone ...

The newly discovered crocodile, Herugavialis cairensis, lived in the shallow marine environments that covered large parts of Egypt 50 million years ago. Credit: Adel Lee A skull pulled from the Sphinx ...