A new study reveals why nearly all Florida alligator attacks occur. The University of Florida and Centre College in Kentucky released a study on Wednesday, April 16, that found humans cause the vast ...

Drought conditions in Florida are so bad that some lakes are drying up and alligators are running out of room.

New research from the University of Georgia's Odum School of Ecology and Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant suggests there may be elevated levels of mercury in Georgia and South Carolina waters.

On a special episode (first released on June 11, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: How do alligators help with carbon sequestration? Christopher Murray, Associate Professor at Southeastern Louisiana ...

An estimated 1.3 million alligators live throughout all 67 counties in Florida. Alligators are most commonly found in freshwater lakes and slow-moving rivers. A Southwest Florida river is among the ...

It took 15 minutes for the group of hunters to land the giant reptile Joe Wyrick Mississippi hunters caught a 13-foot, nearly 700-pound alligator at Ross Barnett Reservoir Mississippian Joe Wyrick ...

A new UGA study found smaller alligators and hatchlings could inherit high levels of mercury from their mothers. Credit: Chamberlain Smith/UGA A new UGA study found smaller alligators and hatchlings ...