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Close-up of a Nile Crocodile

Photo: Close-up of a Nile crocodile with its head above water
Nile crocodiles are the largest crocodilians in Africa, sometimes reaching 20 feet (6 meters) long.
Photograph by Chris Johns

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Watch a baby Nile crocodile making his way through the orange-tinted brackish water of a Gabon coastal estuary.

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Africa's Miracle Delta

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See how 60 million years of isolation has shaped the incredible ecosystem of Madagascar in this feature.

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