Tucked away in the back of the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo, 10 rescued gopher tortoises spend their days grazing and ...

The pet alligator taken from a house in Hamburg last year likely will not be returned to his owner any time soon, even after a recent judge’s ruling opened the possibility of the animal coming home.

Owner Len Lemmer says his sports bistreaux on Pine Island Road is going to wow customers with its scratch-made food.

Alligator-human incidents should be considered encounters, or "bites," not attacks, the journal Human-Wildlife Interactions argues in a new study.

On’s Sports Bistro opened in 2003 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where Landry logged 7 minutes of playing time his senior season ...

It’s officially alligator mating season. While gators are always present in Florida, it’s during this time of year when they are most active. They’ve been known to be more visible and ...

A South Carolina woman was her husband’s savior recetnly after she fought off an alligator that attacked him. The harrowing event took place in their backyard in the Sun City retirement ...

CORALVILLE — Several pets were lost and 22 people were displaced by a Wednesday afternoon fire that charred a multifamily apartment building just south of the Coral Ridge Mall. The first call ...

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — The little white sticks all over Cape Coral mark the homes of one of the city’s gems. “I didn't know anybody in town, so I kind of rode around to see where I lived and I ...

Golfers in Central Florida were left stunned when a 13-foot three-legged alligator decided to make an appearance on the green near Oviedo, causing quite a stir among the regular players.

The Cape Coral City Council voted 6-2 to build a water storage and pumping facility in the Yellow Fever Creek Preserve. City officials say the facility is necessary to meet the needs of the ...

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