American alligators have existed in their current form for as long as 30 million years. During winter, alligators enter a state of inactivity called brumation to survive cold temperatures. North ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NAPLES, Fla.– A nearly 8-foot alligator was wrangled from a midnight dip in a Florida family's swimming pool this week. Video ...

University of Victoria (UVic) biologists have discovered that even closely related fish species make unique and distinctive sounds and determined that it's possible to differentiate between the sounds ...

Florida law enforcement officers were met with another monster reptile this week — this time at a popular convenience store. The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office had another unusual encounter with a ...

We leave you this morning swimming with the alligators on the Myakka River in Florida. Videographer: Doug Jensen. How Donald Trump’s approval rating has changed since ICE shooting NTSB investigators ...

Amnesty International said Thursday the use of a confined space called the “box” at the migrant detention facility in Florida known as Alligator Alcatraz could amount to torture. The human rights ...

The humans managed to move the large reptile from the a Sarasota street to the bed of pickup truck Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

The California Academy of Sciences has released the cause of death for Claude, the beloved albino alligator at the San Francisco museum. The museum said Claude had been showing signs of illness for ...

How many Florida deputies does it take to get a 600-pound alligator off the road? At least seven, according to a video from the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office. Deputies with the sheriff's office ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A rare albino alligator named Claude who was beloved by fans around the world died Tuesday, according to the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. He was 30. The science ...

Claude, the albino alligator who for years was a mainstay of the California Academy of Sciences, has died, the museum announced on Tuesday. Claude had lived at the Academy for 17 years. His 30th ...