At a glance, alligators and crocodiles look nearly identical. Both are massive reptiles with armored skin, powerful jaws and a prehistoric lineage that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When can you expect to start seeing alligators in SC this year? (Tyler Jones/UF/IFAS) They’re back. South Carolina’s alligators ...

South Carolina’s alligators are emerging from the holes where they’ve spent the winter. So if you’re east of Interstate 95, be aware, as there are some 100,000 alligators and South Carolina Department ...

With some help from his family, python contractor Carl Jackson caught the second-heaviest Burmese python ever captured in the wild in Florida.

Rumors that a man in the state of Florida was arrested after trying to "baptize" an alligator in a Waffle House restaurant circulated online in mid-February 2026. There was no evidence that the claim ...

Nation’s First Critical Minerals Mine Nears Approval in Biodiversity Hotspot One Year After Green Bank’s Demise, Court Mulls Future of Grant-Based Climate Policy Summer in March? Unusual Heat Wave ...

The single largest wildfire in Nebraska state history, the Morrill Fire, has scorched over 640,000 acres and left one person dead as firefighters finally begin to turn the tide on the generational ...

To begin the season, Florida has been dominating teams, but on Saturday evening the Gators ran into trouble. Early on in the ballgame, Florida found itself in unfamiliar territory. For the first time ...

Mississippi fans mimicked Florida’s rival, FSU, shouting the Seminoles' war chant during every Gator free-throw attempt. But the effort was in vain. Florida (16-12, 4-9 SEC) secured the win over ...

Asian swamp eels are spreading through the Everglades and decimating crayfish populations, leading to comparisons with ...

It was gator vs. python on a Florida golf course recently. The gator was victorious, though the creature sat still for hours — with the python's head in its jaws — as golfers took photos of the ...