A recent viral Instagram video shows a saltwater crocodile in Indonesia acting unusually by waving its feet in the air in a way that makes the reptile look like a drowning human.

Crocodilians are often called living fossils, with their lineage dating back about 95 million years. They are members of the ...

Saltwater crocodiles were on the brink of extinction in the early 1970s due to hunting. Salties are now a protected but vulnerable species with roughly 20,000 to 30,000 in Queensland .

Australian man Kane Marcus was nearly attacked by a saltwater crocodile while taking a picture. Kane Marcus/Facebook. According to the Northern Territory Government’s Be Crocwise initiative ...

The 2,369-pound (1,075-kilogram) crocodile is suspected of attacking several people and killing two. The animal, named Salty survived capture and is being held in a temporary enclosure in the ...

A male saltwater crocodile approached a female saltie — as they’re known in Australia — in the same enclosure at Australia Zoo. He snapped at her aggressively.

According to the Australia Zoo, the home of famed crocodile advocate Steve Irwin, saltwater crocodiles can grow up to 19 feet long and weigh up to 2,000 pounds. They can swim up over 500 miles per ...