DNA reveals more—
Seychelles’ lost crocs drifted,
saltwater's embrace.
Seychelles’ lost crocs drifted,
saltwater's embrace.
Scientists have solved the mystery of the Seychelles’ vanished crocodiles using DNA from historic museum specimens. The reptiles were not a unique species after all, but an isolated population of saltwater crocodiles that likely drifted thousands of kilometers across the Indian Ocean.