Florida is home to an estimated 1.3 million alligators but there are also an estimated 1,000+ saltwater crocodiles that call Florida home as well. One of ...

Monroe County Sheriff's Office said Sergeant James Hager helped Key Largo residents "remove this unwelcome guest from their backyard / pool." ...

4 (UPI) --A Florida sheriff's deputy responded to a resident's backyard pool to help remove an "unwelcome guest" -- an alligator ... to take a drink from the swimming pool and became trapped ...

MONROE COUNTY, Fla. - A routine morning took an unexpected turn for residents of the Pirates Cove subdivision in Key Largo ...

Animal rescuers in Australia responded to a hotel where a bat apparently attempted to take a drink from the swimming pool and ...

A new lodge will open in Mississippi. Hyatt Hotels Corporation and the Scenic Rivers Development announced the planned debut ...

Hahn previously spent four to five days a week at the outdoor facility practicing for water polo, swimming ... outdoor pool. Enjoy what you're reading? Get content from The Alligator delivered ...

"We did go and recover them," said Andrew Arnett, MDWFP Alligator Program coordinator. "They were in a swimming pool behind his house. They were juveniles. They were 2-footish." Other than during ...

A Monroe County Sheriff’s Office deputy uses a shovel to prod an American crocodile out of a backyard in Key Largo Friday morning, Jan. 31, 2025. The croc was found lounging in the home’s pool earlier ...

Many encounters involve alligators intruding into residential areas or public spaces, such as one invading a swimming pool or another halting a cyclist in his tracks. These stories underscore the ...

The home's owner built an addition and installed an in-ground swimming pool for the 30-year-old alligator and allowed people, including children, to get into the water with the reptile ...