Jacob Sagrera unrolls an alligator skin and lays it flat on a metal table, brushing off flecks of salt. He holds it up to the ...

A nightmarish eel is invading the Everglades and gobbling up native crayfish, a keystone species that is oblivious to the ...

After following all of the official rules and regulations, Freddy and Mike dressed to kill—in their knee-high snake boots, ...

LAND O’ LAKES, Fla. — A Pasco County woman and her dog are both OK after an alligator attacked them while on a walk. According to Wright, she was able to grab Dex by the collar and get him on land ...

Who is the guard behind the patch? How a patch from his uniform surfaced outside the remote Everglades ICE detention center.

The South Florida Water Management District is in its second year of managing a Python Removal Program. Winners win cash ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. On a recent Sunday afternoon, Arianne Betancourt stood across the road from the ...

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CORRECTION: The Alligator previously reported Hongwu Wang is a UF biomedical engineering assistant professor. The article has been updated to reflect that he works in UF's occupational therapy ...

From the most iconic national park to the newest national monument, much of America’s 640 million acres of public land is ...

Officers selected the driver for inspection and discovered 39 live pythons hidden inside the tractor-trailer, just after the operator denied the vehicle contained any prohibited goods.

Rumors that a man in the state of Florida was arrested after trying to "baptize" an alligator in a Waffle House restaurant circulated online in mid-February 2026. There was no evidence that the claim ...