This feeding moment shows a caiman reacting quickly when food is offered nearby. The animal moves toward the meal while the keeper carefully manages the interaction and keeps the feeding process ...

Caimans are highly efficient ambush predators, using stillness, explosive acceleration, and crushing bite force to dominate their aquatic environments. In Brazil’s vast wetlands, shifting ecosystems ...

A comic book ad once let kids order live reptiles through the mail, and the consequences are still unfolding in Florida’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the main attractions at the new Daytona Aquarium & Rainforest Adventure is the Reptile Den, where guests can see an ...

The findings of a new study examining the behaviors of alligator and caiman hatchlings have enhanced our understanding of how we can conserve, and increase, the population of endangered crocodilian ...

Caimans have been the most popular exotic animal for private ownership across the North East. The dwarf caiman has seen the most successful applications for private ownership since 2016, according to ...

For decades, South Florida's waterways have been home to two native giants: alligators and crocodiles. But a third large reptile has quietly been moving in, and researchers say it's spreading into ...

Bananas are big business for Costa Rica, bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars each year. But the bright yellow fruit could spell trouble for the country's caimans, a crocodile relative. "The ...

MANAUS, Brazil – Between the parents, the four kids, the dog, the two sloths, the python and the baby caiman, it's a tight fit in the Silva family's two-room floating home in the Amazon rainforest.

OAKLAND — In the wake of the passing of “Mr. Teeth,” a 5-foot-long reptile found guarding a marijuana stash at an upscale Castro Valley home, police said they have now slapped the creature’s owner ...

Caimans and pumas are among 2,200 dangerous animals being kept as pets in Britain, according to research by wildlife charity ...