FWC officers arrested Jacob Latreille of Edgewater and charged him with 13 counts of illegally capturing and killing gators.

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

Researchers found a high percentage of humans engaging in risky behavior, indicating that humans, rather than alligators, are typically to blame for the vast majority of alligator bites, said Mark ...

Alligators can be very fast with powerful jaws. If you see one, try to get away from them as fast as possible. If one attacks, fight for your life.

ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- An 85-year-old woman was killed Monday after an incident involving an alligator in southeast Florida, according to wildlife officials. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. -- A 13-year-old boy was lucky to survive an alligator attack, fighting back when the hungry gator took a bite out of him. "I just felt something like tug on to me, and wrap its ...

Amber Perren was wading in the water on July 23 when she was attacked by an alligator and got "violently taken under the water," according to an incident report from the Martin County Sheriff's Office ...

The alligator that fatally attacked a woman who was canoeing in Florida with her husband last month "performed a death roll," according to a new report The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

“Just be careful with your dogs," said the puppy's owner Danie Wright following the ordeal Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working in journalism for ...

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, South Carolina -- A woman who often walked her dog near a golf course lagoon across the street from her vacation home was killed Monday by an alligator that dragged her into the ...

LAND O’LAKES, Fla. (WTSP) - Alligators are part of life in central Florida, and small dogs are easy prey. But one owner decided to fight back to protect her pup. Four-month-old Dax probably has no ...