Alligators

How do you know when alligator mating season is in full swing in Florida? Ask the FWC – or someone who golfs.

Another day, another Florida gator crosses a road and stops traffic.

Final approval of around-the-clock alligator hunting is set to go before state wildlife officials when they meet next month in Gainesville.

Sarasota County deputies believe it's quite possible the Easter bunny may have avoided a Venice neighborhood after a massive alligator was spotted.

Between the rain and an alligator crossing a street, Thursday was just another regular day in Florida.

Deputies in Southwest Florida got more than they bargained for during a traffic stop early Friday morning when they found guns, drugs and a baby alligator inside a pickup truck.

FWC officials said mating season usually occurs in May or June, and experts urge folks to give alligators their distance.

Why fly when you can just hitch a ride? That's exactly what one fearless great egret did at Gatorland in Orlando last month. Video recorded by Tiffanie Eden shows the intrepid bird perched on an alligator's back as it swam along in an exhibit at the central Florida attraction.

Sheriff's office divers searched a gator-infested canal in a Florida wilderness preserve after human remains were found in the mouth of a large alligator, officials said.

Alligator hunting season in Florida could look a bit different if state wildlife officials approve a proposal to expand hours and legalize airbows as a weapon.

As police in California arrested a wanted felon, he told officers he had a live alligator in his car -- but it wasn't his gator. He said the reptile belonged to a friend who had also just gotten arrested, so he was taking care of it in the meantime.

Only in Florida does a cold-blooded predator get too cold to eat. A massive, apparently cold-stunned alligator caught a large snook at Myakka State Park over the weekend, but appeared to freeze mid-snack.

A professional hunter said he killed the culprit responsible for the sudden disappearance of livestock on a South Florida property: a massive alligator over 13 feet long and weighing in at a hulking 905 pounds.

Wildlife rehabilitators are decontaminating dozens of alligators, scrubbing their hides and brushing their teeth with Dawn dish soap after a pipeline rupture dumped 300,000 gallons of diesel fuel into a Louisiana wetland. 78 gators have been rescued so far, but more than 100 animals have been found dead in the area.