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 ...

Many people often confuse the gharial with a crocodile, but these two reptiles differ greatly in both appearance and behaviour. The gharial is a rare and ancient species found deep in the swift rivers ...

For the third year in a row, the Fort Worth Zoo has achieved the remarkable: growing the population of critically endangered gharial crocodiles! The Fort Worth Zoo has hatched these crocodiles for ...

The Fort Worth Zoo is celebrating historic conservation success with the third annual hatchings of the gharial crocodile. The two new gharials hatched on June 5 and June 11. The back-to-back-to-back ...

The Fort Worth Zoo welcomed two gharial crocodile hatchlings, a critically endangered reptile. The zoo, located in Texas, is the only North American institute to successfully hatch multiple of the ...

A team of researchers from China, Japan and the U.S. reports that study of a Bronze Age gharial that once lived in China is clarifying some of the crocodilian history. In their paper published in ...

Fort Worth Zoo Celebrates Hatching of Rare Baby Crocodiles originally appeared on PetHelpful. Fort Worth Zoois making conservation history AGAIN, celebrating its third consecutive year of successfully ...

A male gharial, a critically endangered crocodilian, was found dead in Nepal’s Chitwan National Park, entangled in a fishing net and hook. Male gharials are vital for the survival of the species, ...

The Fort Worth Zoo moved 12 lesser flamingo chicks from its nursery to the facility’s adult enclosure in May 2025. Lesser flamingos are a near-threatened species due to impacted habitat. From ...

Twenty-eight gharial hatchlings have been spotted in a tributary of Nepal’s Karnali River, the first sign of successful nesting in this waterway in at least 16 years. The discovery by villagers living ...