A Fort Worth Zoo worker holds a gharial crocodile hatchling on Aug. 31. Four gharial crocodiles were born from mid-June to mid-July at the Fort Worth Zoo. Gharial crocs are difficult to breed due to ...

The Fort Worth Zoo announced the "groundbreaking births" Thursday of "a historic conservation success" -- the hatching of four critically endangered gharial crocodiles. Of the 35 gharial crocodiles ...

The Fort Worth Zoo announced Thursday a remarkably rare birth of four gharial crocodiles, a critically endangered species that the zoo has tried to breed for more than a decade. This is only the ...

Conservationists from Zoological Society of London and Biodiversity Conservancy Nepal have discovered the first successful nesting and breeding site of gharial crocodiles in Nepal since 1982. More ...

The gharial is a crocodile with a long, narrow snout built for catching fish quickly. Its jaws close fast, making it effective in water but less suited for large prey. Unlike other crocodiles, it ...