The asteroid killed the dinosaurs. Why did crocodiles survive?

ScienceDaily
Oct 30, 2026, 7:34 am104 ptsTrending
Scientists may have solved a 66-million-year-old mystery: how crocodiles survived the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. A sweeping analysis of fossils and ancient climates suggests that their preference for warm environments placed them in tropical refuges that remained habitable even after the…

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