Video shows trapper removing 8-foot alligator from Florida backyard
Alligators have been found in all of Florida's 67 counties.
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Alligators have been found in all of Florida's 67 counties.
Swimming within the Weeki Wachee Preserve is prohibited, according to the Southwest Florida Water Management District.
A Florida family said they were terrified after their security camera alerted them to a 7-foot alligator hissing outside their front door in the middle of the night.
The day after the boy was attacked, an Orlando woman died after she was attacked by an alligator while swimming in a river.
According to officials, 31-year-old Brittany Clark, of Orlando, was swimming in the river when the alligator bit both of her arms.
Officials say people and pets should keep a safe distance away from the water to limit the chances of an alligator encounter.
May marks the beginning of alligator mating season in Florida, and that means that the reptiles are way more active.
New video captures West Palm Beach officers coming face to face with an alligator and safely subduing it by grabbing its snout and taping its mouth shut.
Officers in West Palm Beach came face to face with an alligator in an empty lot and managed to subdue it by grabbing its snout and taping its mouth shut, with no injuries reported.
According to the FWC, courtship behaviors in alligators start in early April, and mating occurs in May or June.
Florida deputies and a trapper wrangled a 14-foot, 600-pound alligator blocking a Sarasota County road, an encounter captured on video.
A Land O' Lakes woman fought off a 5-foot alligator, rescuing her 4-month-old puppy and suffering bite wounds before wildlife officers captured the reptile.
A woman walking her 4-month-old puppy north of Tampa fought off a 5-foot alligator with her bare hands, suffering bite wounds but ultimately rescuing her pet before wildlife officers trapped the gator.
A woman was attacked by an alligator while hiking in the Bird Rookery Swamp in Collier County and was taken to the hospital with injuries to her arm and leg, according to officials.
Gator sanctuary owner Kyle Asplundh says he wrangled an alligator found in Magnolia Lake in Bristol Township.
It was all in a day's work for a Florida sheriff's deputy who was called after a young alligator was found in a backyard pool in St. Augustine.
Two wildlife officers captured an alligator that was on southbound lanes of the Turnpike near 74 Street.
A 15-year-old girl survived a terrifying alligator attack in a Florida Panhandle creek by fighting back and escaping with help from friends, officials say.
On Wednesday night, workers replaced the signs in front of the training facility with ones that read "Alligator Alcatraz."
Officer Christopher Martinez, who joined the Largo Police Department in November, received his first alligator nuisance call on Thursday.
The gator put up quite the fight when trappers went to remove it from the pool.
Two motorcyclists hit a 6-foot alligator in the middle of one of Florida's busiest highways, sending both bikers to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Two motorcyclists hit a 6-foot alligator in the middle of one of Florida's busiest highways, sending both bikers to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Florida sheriff's deputies opened fire on Timothy Schulz when he went for the weapons inside their patrol vehicle, a sheriff said.
A Polk County man who had just survived an alligator bite was shot and killed by deputies after allegedly charging them with garden shears and jumping into a patrol car, authorities say.
