Q: Tonca, an American alligator snapping turtle, was the unofficial mascot of the Museum of Science & History in Jacksonville ...

Tucked away at the end of a barely marked gravel road in rural Berkeley County — and behind an electrified, barbed-wire fence and an automatic gate with several security cameras — is a haven for ...

THE EXPERTS ABOUT GATOR SAFETY. IT’S THE TAIL END OF GATOR MATING SEASON HERE IN FLORIDA. THAT MEANS MALE GATORS ARE MORE ACTIVE, TERRITORIAL, AND THAT COULD LEAD TO MORE HUMAN ENCOUNTERS. IN GENERAL, ...

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Amnesty International said Thursday the use of a confined space called the “box” at the migrant detention facility in Florida known as Alligator Alcatraz could amount to torture. The human rights ...

Since Florida opened the controversial Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention site in the middle of the Everglades this past summer, migrants have reported inhumane and unsanitary conditions, ...

Kim Kardashian can only take so much. The mother of four — who shares her children with ex-husband Kanye West — admittedly feels like “snapping” over their “hard” co-parenting dynamic. Kardashian, 45, ...

Officials were able to safely remove a large "dinosaur-like" apex predator that was surprisingly spotted at a Washington beach. In late August, a parkgoer at Juanita Beach Park in Kirkland, about 10 ...

An appeals court has overturned a lower court's order to close the Alligator Alcatraz detention facility. Protesters continue to hold weekly vigils at the facility, demanding its closure and legal ...

WEYMOUTH ‒ The small American alligator rescued from the Charles River was taken to New England Wildlife Center in Weymouth for an initial exam and treatment. Dubbed “Charles” by his rescuer, the ...

Here's something you don't often see in the Charles River: an alligator. But over the past few days, walkers along the Esplanade might've done a double-take, wondering for a moment if they'd somehow ...

New England snowbirds are heading for warmer temperatures this time of year, as the days grow short and cold. But somehow, a young alligator found itself in the chilly Charles River in recent days, ...