Former President Trump’s fundraising committees doled out cash to dozens of attorneys last year, a major expense for the Republican front-runner’s campaign as he stares down four criminal indictments and various civil lawsuits. Trump’s groups spent roughly $50 million on legal consulting in 2023, including $30 million in the second half of the year, newly […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Floridians could soon be able to kill bears threatening them on their property with no consequences — if they don’t bait or provoke them first or turn them into meals or rugs later. A measure approved in its final House committee stop Tuesday would allow people without a hunting permit to […]
ANGOLA, La. (AP) — A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source – a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country’s largest maximum-security prison. Unmarked trucks packed with prison-raised cattle roll out of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, where men are sentenced to hard labor and forced to work, […]
Related video above: Alligator missing upper jaw finds new home at Gatorland TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida’s alligator attraction, Gatorland Orlando, officially named its extremely rare gator twins, who captivated the hearts and eyes of Florida many following their birth last month. In early December, the reptile park announced that an extremely rare white leucistic alligator […]
The family of an 85-year-old Florida man who was snatched and killed by a gator while walking her dog is now suing the retirement community she was living in.
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The company seeking permits to mine minerals near the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp and its vast wildlife refuge has agreed to pay a $20,000 fine to Georgia environmental regulators, who say the company violated state laws while collecting soil samples for its permit application. The Georgia Environmental Protection Division’s assessment […]
The recent blast of cold weather has given alligators a chance to show off their way of coping with freezing temperatures. The Swamp Park Outdoor Adventure Center in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, posted eerie videos on social media on Sunday showing alligators suspended in frozen ponds with just the tips of their snouts peeking […]
A behemoth of an alligator was captured slowly walking before diving into a nearby waterway in Polk County earlier this month.
An alligator in Texas was spotted poking its snout through a hole in an icy pond last week.
Related video: Baby capybara goes viral for doing ‘Thriller’ dance TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — You’ve heard of “Frog and Toad,” but what about turtle and alligator? While looking for nature photo opportunities at Eagle Lake Park in Largo, Florida, Lenny Vivolo captured this once-in-a-lifetime picture of this unlikely duo. “One in a million shot…a gator […]