An 84-year-old woman in Florida saved her own life after punching an aggressive alligator in the face last week. North Fort Myers resident Dolores Boppel, 84, was taking her dog on a walk when the ...

An 84-year-old Florida woman was savagely attacked by and alligator, which took a chunk out of her leg as she walked her dog in Southwest Florida, officials said. “It was like a torpedo.

However, it's not as complicated a difference as you might think. There are only two alligator species—the American alligator, (Alligator mississippiensis) and the Chinese alligator (Alligator ...

Viewers of the video on social media have told Chris Gillette was brave and very trusting that the alligator would not bite down on his hand. YouTube video screengrab Even alligators occasionally ...

The report from a small Middlesex County park was hard to believe. Someone had seen an alligator in the water? Seriously? Yet, the sighting on Aug. 23, 2023 — exactly a year ago Friday — was ...

A second alligator sighting was reported Tuesday morning on Georgia's Tybee Island. (Video above is file when an alligator was spotted in the water on Folly Beach in 2022) Lifeguards with Tybee ...

Officials in suburb city of Dayton, Ohio are investigating after an alleged alligator sighting at a park. Beavercreek posted to their Facebook page, saying they are aware of a report regarding an ...

A woman is recovering after she was attacked by a large alligator while walking her dog near her Fort Myers, Fla., home. WBBH's Hope Salman reports.Sept. 6, 2024 ...

NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. -- An 84-year-old woman in southwest Florida was bitten by an alligator this week while walking her dog-and she lived to tell the tale. Del Boppel told CNN affiliate WBBH ...

After two frustrating nights on the last weekend of the season, a Mississippi hunter caught the alligator he'd been after, but what he didn't realize when he pulled it in his boat was that not ...

Editor's Note: This story ran earlier this year in the York Daily Record. An alligator has been spotted in Lake Erie and a search is ongoing for the animal. Nathan Miller was fishing in Lake ...

Then, there was the massive, trophy-size 13-foot alligator she caught. "I was very shocked," said Kellie Amason of Poplar Creek, a community in Montgomery County. "I never in a million years ...