South America’s broad-snouted caiman is a fierce mother—and has been fiercely mothered back into abundance.

Hatchling gharials from multiple females congregate near the dominant male—likely their father—on the territory where they hatched.

Basking on the Brink

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06.05.2018

An “unholy” river in India may be the last, best hope for one of the world’s largest and most imperiled crocodilians.

By Foot into Peru’s Lost World

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06.14.2016

A team of herpetologists treks into one of South America’s most pristine and poorly understood mountain ranges and discovers animals found nowhere else on Earth.

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