If seeing viral videos of alligators on front porches, golf courses, in pools or at the beach while scrolling through social media feels normal to you, you just might be a Floridian. About 1.3 million ...

It's generally assumed that any body of water in Florida has an alligator in it. According to Florida Fish and Wildlife, they prefer freshwater lakes and slow-moving rivers and their associated ...

COCONUT GROVE, Fla. -- A pizza-eating alligator may need to go on a diet. David Van Buren has had the 13-foot reptile for the past 47 years, since he was a boy. The gator, named Gwendolyn, even went ...

While many people associate the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) with Florida, Louisiana has a far greater population of these large reptiles, supporting an estimated 2 million ...

DAYTON, TX -- Incredible photos and video have surfaced of the largest live alligator ever caught in Texas. The gator was caught in the Champion Lake area, about 10 miles south of Dayton. PHOTOS: ...

From the extreme heat to the blistering cold (yes, even in the Sunshine State), alligators, like humans, have to adapt. Alligators are present in all 67 Florida counties. Underwater alligators deal ...

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