Articles for tag: Animal Research, biodiversity, Caribbean, rare animals, Wildlife Discovery

Close-up of an American alligator emerging from water in Lakeland, Florida wetlands.

DNA Breakthrough Reveals Two Undiscovered Crocodile Species in the Caribbean

Jan Otte

Scientists assumed for decades that the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) was one widespread species along Mexico’s Pacific coast, all the way to Venezuela, and across the Caribbean. But a revolutionary genetic study has destroyed that illusion by finding that two relict populations are completely separate species lurking in plain sight on the islands of Banco ...