In Sarasota County this week, deputies faced a serious challenge — not from criminals, but from a massive, 14-foot alligator ...

Dramatic footage released by the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Department showed seven deputies and a skilled animal trapper ...

A Florida sheriff’s office honored a four-month old dog it says showed the “tenacity” to be a deputy dog. In October, Gunner was locked in the jaws of an alligator in Lee County, Florida. The dog’s ...

ESTERO, Fla. -- In a dramatic encounter recorded by surveillance cameras, a Florida man chased an alligator under water and rescued his 3-month-old puppy from the jaws of death. Richard Wilbanks, 74, ...

Nothing can ruin a relaxing fishing trip more than being nearly attacked by an angry alligator! You will feel the fear and ...

One of the invasive Burmese pythons plaguing South Florida met its demise in the jaws of an alligator, and the grisly scene played out in full view of tourists at Everglades National Park. Video ...

This story, “Gators I’ve Known,” appeared in the December 1951 issue of Outdoor Life. With the possible exceptions of the rattlesnake and the bald eagle, the North American alligator has been the ...

A global human rights organization is alleging inhumane treatment of detainees at Alligator Alcatraz, claiming some are ...