A woman walking her dog spotted another woman casually stroking a wild alligator in Tampa and got it on video.

A man believed to be on drugs was shot and killed Monday by Florida sheriff's deputies who ... shortly after he was apparently bitten by an alligator in a lake, a sheriff said.

For the first time in Florida, a bobcat has been recorded killing and eating a massive 13-foot Burmese python in the Everglades.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd reports deputies shot Timothy Shultz, who attacked them with shears after an alligator encounter and attempted vehicle break-in.

The alligator's snout came out of the water, and that is when Phillip could see his wife's elbow in its mouth.

A newly released report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission detailed the events of an alligator attack during a Texas couple’s kayaking trip in Polk County.

Florida state law allows for residents to keep a variety of strange animals as pets, though there are more than a few hoops ...

swam across an alligator-filled lake before a violent encounter with deputies in the neighborhood. By Mark Walker Early on Memorial Day, a Florida man was bitten by an alligator as he swam across ...

Police in Florida shot and killed a man after he allegedly charged at deputies with garden shears and attempted to steal a patrol car, authorities said. The man had survived an apparent alligator ...

According to the sheriff’s office report, a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ... According to FWC and public records, from 1973 to 2023, alligators have killed 30 people across the state.

The call to the sheriff’s office came in the early morning: A man had been spotted in alligator-infested waters in central Florida. Despite being bitten, he refused the offer of a life preserver ...