Here’s a fun, yet terrifying, fact: saltwater crocodiles killed 167 humans in 2024. As for sharks, they accounted for seven fatalities last year. That’s a staggering statistic, especially when ...

A fisherman in Bhitarkanika National Park's vicinity was killed by a crocodile. Despite the incident occurring outside the park, his family will receive compensation. Human-crocodile conflicts have ...

The reptile was named Crocodylus lucivenator, meaning “Lucy’s hunter.” The name references Lucy, one of the most famous early human ancestors ever discovered. Lucy lived about 3.2 million years ago ...

In the latest instance of human-croc conflict, a furious salt-water crocodile killed a 48-year-old fisherman at a village on the fringes of Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha’s Kendrapara district ...