A state-run immigration detention center, Alligator Alcatraz, has been operating in Big Cypress National Preserve for six months. The facility is managed by the Florida Division of Emergency ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NAPLES, Fla.– A nearly 8-foot alligator was wrangled from a midnight dip in a Florida family's swimming pool this week. Video ...

Cynthia Diekema, 61, was killed by an alligator while on a canoe ride with her husband in Florida last year D.L. Miller Funeral Home Cynthia Diekema, 61, was canoeing with her husband last year when ...

Taking a dip: File photo. An alligator decided to take a late-night swim in the pool of a Southwest Florida home. (Bob D'Angelo/Cox Media Group) By Bob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk ...

Dec. 31 (UPI) --A Florida family had to call authorities for help to evict a late-night trespasser from their backyard pool -- a large alligator. Rob Emhoff said his wife was letting their dog outside ...

THE EXPERTS ABOUT GATOR SAFETY. IT’S THE TAIL END OF GATOR MATING SEASON HERE IN FLORIDA. THAT MEANS MALE GATORS ARE MORE ACTIVE, TERRITORIAL, AND THAT COULD LEAD TO MORE HUMAN ENCOUNTERS. IN GENERAL, ...

The Miccosukee Tribe officials say they are moving forward with their legal battle against the "Alligator Alcatraz" immigrant detention facility in the Everglades, arguing that Florida’s acceptance of ...

Amnesty International said Thursday the use of a confined space called the “box” at the migrant detention facility in Florida known as Alligator Alcatraz could amount to torture. The human rights ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Claude, a rare albino alligator who served as California Academy of Sciences’ unofficial mascot, died Tuesday at ...

Clarence James’ “Cruelty is The Point” debuted this week at SCOPE Art Show as part of an Amnesty International exhibit protesting the Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention center in the Florida ...

Since Florida opened the controversial Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention site in the middle of the Everglades this past summer, migrants have reported inhumane and unsanitary conditions, ...