*I love an early morning dip in the swimming pool, and I’ve been known to take the occasional late night skinny dip. After reading this story, you can bet that I’ll be flipping on a light before I ...

Some Florida residents woke up to an uninvited, scaly guest in their backyard swimming pool: a 7- to 8-foot-long alligator. The Tampa Bay Times reports that Hillsborough County deputies responded to ...

In late July, a Florida household woke up to a nasty surprise: an alligator taking a dip in their pool. Frantic, they called the local sheriff. In St. Johns County, the sheriff's office released ...

Florida’s fresh bodies of water are perhaps best known for the southern state’s most iconic resident: the American alligator.

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 considered ...

At first, the idea of carving a highway through the Everglades ran into opposition — but not for what you'd think.

Sarasota County deputies captured a 10-foot alligator from a local 7-Eleven. Watch how the rescue unfolded.