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Australia's top official on indigenous issues said crocodile safaris should be used to help fund impoverished Aboriginal communities.

• 23 июня 2015, 14:21

A tipsy goose hunter he lived to tell the tale of being attacked by a two-metre-long crocodile after poking the beast in the eye.

• 20 сентября 2014, 14:28

A chorus of chirps filled the room as one of the Philippines' top crocodile breeders checked on his wards in an overcrowded 'Noah's Ark' .

• 15 августа 2014, 14:01

Tourists in northern Australia have been left stunned by two fierce animals going head-to-head.

• 06 августа 2014, 14:31

A Greek reptile expert began an operation to trap a two-metre long crocodile that mysteriously appeared in a man-made lake on the tourist island of Crete last weekend.

• 11 июля 2014, 21:17

A crocodile was injured in Russia when an accountant weighing 120 kilogrammes (260 pounds) fell on him during a bus trip through the arctic north, local media reported.

• 22 мая 2014, 19:15

The limbs of an 11-year-old boy have been found inside a huge crocodile and his head discovered nearby after he was attacked in Papua New Guinea, a report said.

• 14 мая 2014, 21:43

Police reportedly found human remains Tuesday in the search for a 12-year-old boy snatched by a crocodile in northern Australia, and scaled back operations to a body recovery mission.

• 29 января 2014, 10:01

A 12-year-old boy was feared dead after being snatched by a saltwater crocodile while swimming in Australia's Northern Territory.

• 27 января 2014, 10:52

Australia's tropical Northern Territory presented an unusual gift to Britain's new royal baby, Prince George, a crocodile.

• 25 июля 2013, 17:18

Australia's noxious cane toad is wiping out populations of a unique miniature crocodile, researchers warned Wednesday, with fears the warty, toxic creature could extinguish the rare reptile.

• 03 июля 2013, 19:07

Hundreds of sunbathers fled a popular Indonesian beach in panic when a four-metre (13-foot) crocodile laid down next to them to soak up some rays.

• 23 мая 2013, 10:03

A French deckhand survived after a crocodile latched onto his head in northern Australia by punching the reptile repeatedly until it let go.

• 22 апреля 2013, 12:42

Almost one in five of the world's reptile species are in danger of extinction as their habitats are cleared away for farming and logging.

• 15 февраля 2013, 16:31

The world's largest saltwater crocodile in captivity has died in the Philippines, 17 months after the suspected man-eater was hunted down and put on display for tourists.

• 11 февраля 2013, 13:02

Australian police searching for a 7-year-old girl feared taken by a crocodile Saturday said finding what appeared to be human remains inside a three-metre reptile was a "heartbreaking" development.

• 18 ноября 2012, 14:24

Police in the Gaza Strip on Monday captured a crocodile that roamed the sewerage system of a town in the north of the enclave, the Palestinian territory's Hamas rulers said.

• 06 ноября 2012, 18:42

A construction worker was bitten by a crocodile during a toilet break in a river in Malaysian Borneo, but fought off the huge reptile and escaped with his life.

• 25 августа 2012, 18:39

A saltwater crocodile weighing more than a tonne and suspected of killing two people in the Philippines has been declared the largest such reptile in captivity by the Guinness Book of World Records.

• 03 июля 2012, 11:08