crocodile

An Australian woman whose bungee jumping cord snapped, plunging her head-first into raging crocodile-infested waters in Africa's Zambezi River, on Monday described her "miracle" survival.

Wildlife rangers have helped an Australian family deal with an uninvited guest: a 5-foot-6-inch crocodile that wandered into their living room.

A young crocodile named Fluffy is back to her cranky old self after being hit by a bus while duck hunting in a city in northern Australia, a veterinarian said on Thursday.

Residents from neighboring towns try to take a glimpse of a giant saltwater crocodile in its temporary cage at the remote village of Consuelo in Bunawan township, Agusan Del Sur province, southern Philippines, Tuesday, Sept.

The seizure of the 21ft crocodile follows a spate of fatal attacks in the southern part of the country, in the town of Bunawan.

Wildlife workers in the Philippines have caught a 13.7-foot -long saltwater crocodile that is suspected of killing a fisherman last month.

For weeks, three kayakers exploring a series of rivers through the heart of Africa came together in a close formation designed to ward off hippo and crocodile attacks whenever they paddled the quiet green glides between thundering stretches of whitewater.

The boaters a ' two Americans and a South African a ' traveled some 1,000 miles of river this way, through some of the densest concentrations of man-killing wildlife in the world.

Joel Pezzutti was casting for bait in a tidal drain in the northern city of Cairns when the crocodile leapt for his net and scrambled to within touching distance of where he was standing.

A U.S. State Department spokesman has confirmed that a 25-year-old New Jersey woman was killed by a crocodile while snorkeling in India's Andaman Islands last month.