Dossier
saltwater crocodiles
Coverage of saltwater crocodiles in the Nexus archive.
- DNA solves 250-year-old mystery of the Seychelles’ lost crocodiles
Scientists used DNA from historic museum specimens to solve the mystery of the Seychelles’ vanished crocodiles, revealing they were not a unique species but an isolated population of saltwater crocodiles that likely drifted thousands of kilometers across the Indian Ocean.