alligators

7-foot Florida gator takes chunk out of woman's leg as she walks her dog

A 7-foot alligator bit an 84-year-old woman's leg as she walked her dog in Florida.

NFL fans get introduced to Chiefs running back's pet alligator Crocky-J: 'Would die for him'

Move over Taylor Swift, Crocky-J might be stealing the focus of football fans this season. 

This calls for an investi-gator: Alligator spotted swimming in Lake Erie

Thrilling video shows the reptile floating about 20 yards off Erie's beach and watching peacefully as panicked swimmers fled the waters.

Florida man arrested for lassoing, tying up nine-foot gator: deputies

Florida senior citizen Robert Colin was arrested after lassoing a 9-foot gator and tying it up to a handrail before bolting, authorities said.

Mangled alligator corpses keep popping up in a Florida canal -- and state officials have no idea why

The last headless, limbless alligator carcass was found over the weekend in Fort Myers Shores, Florida.

'Albert' the alligator's heartbroken owner sues NY to get back 750-pound pet he kept in basement

The heartbroken New York man whose 750-pound pet alligator was seized by government agents who stormed his house is suing to bring his best buddy back home

Gator rager! Mass gathering of alligators spotted in Georgia 

"There's gators everywhere!" At a state park in Fargo, Georgia, two boaters, Marty Welch and his wife, Tina, bravely ventured though alligator-infested waters filled to the brim with "50 or...

Police warn residents of 'aggressive' alligators amid nesting season

Police are warning locals to steer clear of female alligators during this time of year.

Alligator lurks under Publix shopping carts in South Carolina: video

The gator was spotted near the entrance of the grocery store before officials with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) were called to the scene.

Massive alligator lunging at cars on North Carolina highway scared off by firefighters' clever approach

"This angry interloper was laying in the middle of the road and would lunge at passing motorists," Boiling Spring Lakes Fire Rescue said.

Homeless man loses arm in alligator attack in Florida lake after ignoring warnings

“I asked him if he was alright. I startled him. He said, ‘Yeah, yeah, No. I’m good.'"

Video shows officials wrangling alligator after it snatched and killed a Florida grandmother

Dramatic new bodycam footage shows the grisly aftermath of a deadly alligator attack that took the life of Florida grandmother Sabrina Peckham -- as officials piece together what may have...

Missing Texas woman's body discovered in alligator's mouth: police

The body believed to be a missing Texas woman was found Tuesday morning -- inside the jaws of an alligator, police said.

Alligator takes ride in police cruiser after driveway 'arrest': video

Gator released into wild after police cruiser ride.

12-foot 'Airman Ally Gator' rescued after turning up at Florida air base -- twice

The hulking 12-foot, 4-inch gator was first slithered onto MacDill Air Force base's grounds in late April, taking refuge beneath the wheels of an airplane.

Albert the Alligator's owner an emotional wreck after NY takes 750-pound live-in pet away: 'I don't sleep'

Taking away his best friend was a cold-blooded thing to do. An upstate New York man who kept a 750-pound pet alligator in his house is an emotional wreck after...

Florida deputies wrangle and duct-tape a massive gator stalking St. Petersburg school children

Deputies from the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office in Florida say they wrangled a monster 12.5-ft alligator away from a creekside path in St. Petersburg on May 14. The harrowing footage...

Gator almost got woman zip-lining dangerously low over swamp

See ya later, alligator? A brave woman zip-lining across a swamp at Zip Nola in New Orleans, Louisiana, narrowly escaped a brush with a gator. Just after Madison Jenkins landed...

Internet-famous pet alligator 'Wally' missing, owner says he was stolen in emotional plea for help

"We need all the help we can get to bring my baby back," Wally's dad Joie Henney said, breaking down. "Please we need your help."