Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 10-foot American alligator was spotted in a residential swimming pool in Los Fresnos, in the Rio Grande Valley, on Tuesday, July ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: South Padre Island Birding Nature & Alligator Sanctuary On July 28, Jake "Gator Jake" Reinbolt of the South Padre ...

American alligators once faced extinction. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service placed them on the endangered species ...

A 71-year-old man was fatally attacked by an alligator while fishing at a Florida lake, marking the second such death in the ...

The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) is endemic to the southeastern coastal plain of the United States. There, it inhabits freshwater wetlands such as streams, reservoirs, ponds, lakes, ...

Alligators can be found in all 67 Florida counties, in and around fresh, brackish and occasionally salt water. Florida is thought to be home to more than a million alligators, based on an estimated 6.

Since 1948, Florida has recorded 33 deaths and hundreds of injuries from alligator attacks. Despite recent events, wildlife experts emphasize that fatal alligator attacks are statistically rare.

An unexpected sunbather caught a South Texas family by surprise - one that required the response of a specialized crew to carry out an impromptu eviction. Last Tuesday, July 28, a 10-foot-long ...