The Fort Worth Zoo is celebrating the birth of multiple rare gharials as the zoo fights to keep the critically endangered crocodile relatives alive.

Fort Worth Zoo gharial births What we know: Eight gharials were born at the Fort Worth Zoo from June 3 to June 26, representing the fourth consecutive year the zoo has seen successful gharial births.

The zoo says small adjustments made to the breeding, incubation and husbandry process for the gharials may have contributed to the record number of births.