Explore the critical state of the Chinese alligator, native to eastern China, and the conservation efforts to save this rare species. China Dealt Blow by New Panama Deal Tariffs Are Doing Strange ...

The Chinese alligator can lay 10 to 50 eggs at a time, according to the Detroit Zoo. The American alligator lays a similar number. After the hard-shelled eggs are laid, ...

There are only two distinct alligator species in the world: the American alligator and the Chinese alligator. When comparing the population of these two gators, the Chinese alligator is much rarer ...

The Chinese alligator is nearing extinction, with a wild population of around 150. The only other extant alligator species, the American alligator, was first listed as endangered in 1967.

The Chinese alligator, a close relative, lives almost exclusively in the lower Yangtze River in China. 9. Alligators Can Go Through 3,000 Teeth Over a Lifetime .

The Chinese alligator remains critically endangered, and is threatened by habitat loss and food resource contamination by human fertilizers and pesticides, ...

A Chinese alligator photographed at the Shanghai Zoo on July 14, 2022. Fossils discovered in Thailand most closely resemble the Chinese alligator but are a new species.

The week of May 15, WDSU debuts its new series, "Louisiana Gator Week." The series explores the commercial alligator industry, tourism, conservation and alligator habitats.

A. munensis and the Chinese alligator may have evolved independently due to increases in the elevation of the southeastern Tibetan Plateau between 23 and 25 million years ago.

Both the Chinese alligator and fossil have a small opening in the roof of the mouth, a ridge on top of the skull and a raised shelf behind their nostrils. For these reasons, the team suspects that ...

In the September issue of Cell Research, Wan et al. analyze the Chinese Alligator genome and identify multiple instances of positively-selected changes in protein-coding genes and expansions of ...