“This gator took the Gators’ loss in the NCAA basketball tournament hard and decided to take on a new sport today – soccer,” MCSO said in a post on Facebook. A passerby notified the sheriff’s office ...

BATON ROUGE, LA. - Bills creating an annual recreational alligator season from October through December have begun advancing through the state Legislature this week. Following the passage of Senate ...

A bill to create a recreational alligator hunting season in Louisiana has passed the state Senate. The state's alligator population has grown to over 3 million, raising safety concerns. The proposed ...

A once-famous Port Aransas alligator has found more than just a new home in Southeast Texas. Boots may have also found a mate. It's been about a month since the 12-foot alligator was relocated to ...

PORT ARANSAS, Texas — Boots, the alligator that became a local celebrity along the coast, is settling into his new home one month after being relocated for safety concerns. The 12-foot alligator was a ...

At a glance, alligators and crocodiles look nearly identical. Both are massive reptiles with armored skin, powerful jaws and a prehistoric lineage that stretches back more than 200 million years.

ABBEVILLE, La. (AP) — 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 light, looking for blemishes, and gives it a score.

ABBEVILLE, La. — 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 light, looking for blemishes, and gives it a score. That ...

A $50 lottery could soon give anyone a chance to reel in one of Louisiana’s 3 million alligators. Senate Bill 244, sponsored by state Sen. Robert Allain, R-Franklin, would expand alligator hunting by ...

A former Alligator Alcatraz detainee says this patch was ‘meant to make us even more afraid than we already were. I always felt haunted by it, but I never said anything because I was so afraid.’ ...