Wildlife officials are searching for an alligator that attacked and killed a dog in Polk County.
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Alligator attacks are on the rise
With summer being alligator mating season, the usually docile reptile becomes more territorial, experts say.
Alligator attacks are on the rise
With summer being alligator mating season, the usually docile reptile becomes more territorial, experts say.
Florida doubles efforts to hunt invasive pythons
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Standing in front of a hissing, squirming 12-foot-long python Wednesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis said he’s doubling resources to remove the invasive species that’s destroying the natural food chain in Florida’s delicate Everglades. The state has been paying select hunters to catch and kill the invasive snakes on state lands since […]
VIDEO: Gator spotted in Lakeland parking lot
He said he saw the gator at the Colt Creek State Park and says this is nothing new for Florida.
Alligator takes stroll down Lutz sidewalk
The gator is seen thinking about crossing the street and decides to go back to a nearby pond.
‘They wanted to keep it as a pet’: Dunedin family finds baby gator swimming in pool
As Floridians, we expect to see an alligator roaming around or sunning itself from time to time, but one family in Dunedin found a small gator making itself at home in their pool over the weekend.
Exotic animals stolen in the middle of the night from mini zoo
Boyett’s Grove is more than a place to pick up some Florida oranges or souvenirs. It has a mini zoo. Tonight several of those animals are gone; stolen in the dark of night.
Noisy splash wakes up Florida Florida man who finds gator in pool
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida Florida man heard a splash coming from her backyard swimming pool in the middle of the night, and when she went outside to check on it, she found a 7-foot alligator. It took authorities in Port Charlotte, Florida four hours to remove the gator early Saturday. Kerri Kibbe tells […]
Locals shocked after gator found roaming salt waters in Durney Key
Boats go in and boats go out at the boat ramp at Nick’s Park. Saturday though, only one came out with the catch of the day few have ever seen come out of these waters… a roughly ten-foot gator.