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  • Extinct Short-Snouted Gator Munched on Snails 230,000 Years Ago

    Extinct Short-Snouted Gator Munched on Snails 230,000 Years Ago

    In 2005, the residents of Ban Si Lam, a village in northeastern Thailand, dug out their local pond. Amid the topsoil they found some pottery, ceramics, and—to their surprise—an alligator skull. Researchers initially identified the skull as that of Alligator sinensis, the critically endangered Chinese alligator. But today, a different team of researchers posit that…


  • 14 Crocodile Horror Movies Worth Chomping Into

    14 Crocodile Horror Movies Worth Chomping Into

    We’ve got the dinosaurs of Jurassic World: Dominion in theatres soon, the dragons of House of the Dragon arriving on HBO Max this fall, and as everyone knows, every day is Godzilla Day. But with this list, we’re celebrating the reptilian subgenre of “crocodile horror,” in honour of scaly twin terrors Alligator and Alligator II:…


  • Oxygen Looks Like It will Leave You Gasping For Air

    Oxygen Looks Like It will Leave You Gasping For Air

    Director Alexandre Aja is always happy to mess you up. Whether it’s basement alligators in Crawl, flesh-eating fish in Piranha 3D, or surprising serial killers in High Tension, he’s become very skilled at making audiences incredibly, deliciously uncomfortable. His new movie looks to take that to new heights.