For decades, South Florida's waterways have been home to two native giants: alligators and crocodiles. But a third large reptile has quietly been moving in, and researchers say it's spreading into ...

American alligators and South African crocodiles populate waterways a third of the globe apart, and yet both have detectable levels of long-lived industrial and household compounds for nonstick ...

Around 66 million years ago, a massive asteroid struck Earth, triggering the extinction of the dinosaurs, the largest reptiles to ever walk the planet. While those giants disappeared, some of their ...

Alligators are practically synonymous with Florida, with 1.3 million of our scaly neighbors found in all 67 counties. Even places we probably don't want them to be. But many Floridians are not as ...

A pair of American crocodiles have been seen together on Sanibel Island, sparking hopes for future nesting. Recent hurricanes have altered Sanibel's waterbodies, making them more suitable for ...