Ten Nile crocodiles hatched naturally without human intervention at a facility in southern France during a summer heatwave, marking an unprecedented event.

A minister's controversial proposal to surround a prison with Nile crocodiles has been temporarily shelved.

Israel has advanced a controversial proposal to build detention facilities for Palestinian detainees surrounded by crocodile-filled moats, taking legal steps to implement the plan and stripping Nile crocodiles of their protected status.

Unusually high temperatures during recent heatwaves have enabled ten Nile crocodiles to incubate and hatch naturally in a French wildlife park, marking the first time this has occurred without keeper intervention.

Israel has reportedly modified regulations concerning Nile crocodiles to allow their use for security purposes, including deterring escape attempts from prisons.

Unseasonably high temperatures in a French wildlife sanctuary have led to Nile crocodile eggs hatching independently without natural incubation support.

Israel's Minister of Environmental Protection, Idit Silman, reclassified Nile crocodiles as 'captivity-bred fauna,' paving the way for their potential use in prisons.