In Rio de Janeiro, thousands of broad-snouted caimans have adapted to urban life, thriving in the city's polluted lagoons and waterways. While their presence highlights their resilience, it also ...

Biologists ventured into the Jacarepagua neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to study the effects of human activity on the area’s broad-snouted caimans. Veuer’s Matt Hoffman has the story.

Caimans have a snout that is somewhere in between the two,” according to American Oceans. One of the easiest ways to distinguish alligators from crocodiles is by looking at their snouts.

Unfazed by the reptile’s sharp teeth, he grabs it by the snout and wraps a black band around its muzzle to examine it without getting bitten. The 1.5-meter (five-foot) caiman is right at home in the ...

Part of the new Daytona Aquarium & Rainforest Adventure's Reptile Den, caimans are related and similar to alligators. But how do they differ?

In a South American swamp, a broad-snouted caiman floats along a river on a hot day. She's not only looking for prey, but listening closely for the calls of her babies.

A Philadelphia park visitor made a rare discovery when they came across at 3-foot exotic reptile that is usually only seen wandering through the wetlands of central and South America.

In Paraguay, there are three species of caiman: The Paraguayan caiman (Caiman yacare), the most common and widespread of the three species; the broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) found in the ...

The caiman, believed to be about 3 years old, appeared to be in good condition and wasn’t starving, which is an indication that it was recently living in a home, ACCT Philly’s Sarah Barnett ...