An estimated 1.3M alligators can be found in Florida. In April, mating season begins. Here are safety tips to know, plus top ...

Catholics who are abstaining from meat on Fridays during Lent have a pass when it comes to one tasty reptile. Alligator is permissible to eat on Fridays during Lent, the archbishop of New Orleans ...

Alligator is permissible to eat on Fridays during Lent, the archbishop of New Orleans told an inquisitive parishioner who once sent a letter to the religious leader seeking clarification ...

Eastern North Carolina is home to most of the alligators — and they are most plentiful in Brunswick County in the far ...

A fight between a crocodile and an alligator in Florida was recently caught on video. Are crocodiles native to the Sunshine ...

A staggering 1,533 Argentine black and white tegus have been captured or observed in St. Lucie County, making it a state ...

The team at Gatorland Orlando had to step in after one of their residents, Jaws, accidentally swallowed a shoe.

Gator vs. python: 'Godzilla' the alligator hauls ... attacks like some other species of the genus, USGS reported. They eat fish, reptiles, birds, and small mammals but could mistake dogs or ...

“Everybody talks about Walter the gator,” said Chapman ... He said he distributed Walter’s meat to friends to eat. General Services Corp. leaders did not respond to requests for comment.

Victor, the 7-foot-long, 15-year-old, blue-eyed white alligator at the Audubon Zoo, has been having trouble seeing. “He was having trouble eating and had a cloudy eye,” Dr. Renee Carter with ...