The Mississippi River is home to one of North America’s most formidable reptilian apex predators: the American alligator.

Alligator gar and their direct ancestors have been around for at least 100 million years. They look their age. That long, cylindrical, olive-white body is covered with an armor of thick, ...

The open mouth of an alligator contains a tiny but major clue to how these prehistoric predators may adapt to saltwater environments. Tags ...

A tourist captured video of an alligator swarmed by sharks in the town of Hilton Head, South Carolina. Gina Athans and her family were dining at the Skull Creek Dockside restaurant when the ...

The American alligator is native to the swamps, streams, rivers, and lakes of the southeastern United States. These ancient animals aren’t usually aggressive, but they’re powerful apex predators, and ...

Biologists are gaining new insight into how environmental factors, nesting behaviors, and maternal care shape the future of this ancient reptile. What's Wild is available to stream on pbs.org and the ...

Natural history. In the beginning ; Names and places ; "Their toes are five in number" ; To build an alligator ; Root hog, or die -- The human factor. First encounters ; Near fatal attraction ; A love ...

Alligators don't usually prey on sandhill cranes, which can make themselves appear very large like a human and scare away gators, an expert said.

Claude's unique appearance and calm personality dazzled millions of visitors in San Francisco for nearly 20 years.