A 12-foot alligator surprised one homeowner in North Carolina after trespassing onto property in Southport. The gator made it all the way to the porch before North Carolina Wildlife officers came to ...

Here's a refresher on nuisance animals in Florida, firearm laws to be aware of and what to know if you'd like to trap or kill ...

A status conference with a U.S. district judge was held April 13 to check on progress of her March 27 order to provide better legal access for people being held at Alligator Alcatraz. U.S. District ...

A Southport family got the shock of their week on Tuesday afternoon when a 12-foot alligator ambled onto their front porch, pressed up to the glass storm door and parked itself squarely in front of ...

Big and brooding, the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) rules over the swamps and marshlands of the Southeastern United States as the largest native reptile in North America. So ...

Isaiah M. Mosley, foreperson in the death-penalty resentencing trial of Harrel Braddy, speaks about his experience on the jury in his book, ‘Straight from the Jury Box’ while in his office in Coral ...

Buddy the alligator was 13’ 8” and almost 1,000 pounds, and was estimated to be between 60 and 70 years old Charlotte Phillipp is a Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024 ...

Alligator mating season in Florida runs from April through June, increasing the likelihood of encounters. If you find a nuisance alligator, call the FWC's free Nuisance Alligator Hotline at ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — A wide range of wildlife is common in the Great Dismal Swamp, but a recent alligator sighting has surprised both visitors and wildlife officials. A state biologist has ...

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., visited the immigration detention facility in the middle of the Everglades known as Alligator Alcatraz unannounced Thursday morning and described the ...

A chaotic night at Riviera Beach City Hall as commissioners voted not to renew the city manager’s contract, then clashed over a controversial buyout proposal. Fake Florida carwash exposed as drug hub ...

Officials in Ventura County have reported six snake-bite incidents — two of them fatal — so far this year. This number is already approaching the total for 2025. The most recent emergency occurred ...