SNAPPING TURTLES are a common reptile in Iowa. Their scientific name is Chelydrda serpentina. Adults have a big head, a long ...

From 200 yards away, I could tell I was about to have a really cool wildlife visit. What I didn’t realize was what a great ...

MACON, Ga. — An alligator was found on Rocky Creek Road, near the McDonald's parking lot on Sunday. For at least two days, a 12-foot alligator was spotted lounging near the restaurant’s drive-thru, ...

As alligators go, it was a small one. So small that people in Florida might not even look twice. But this one was here in D.C. Specifically, in the waters of the Washington Channel at The Wharf in ...

Imagine Phoenix Norwood’s surprise when he heard there was a four-foot alligator swimming among the boats at The Wharf Marina in Southwest D.C. CLICK TO ENLARGE: A 23-year-old man fished out an ...

Sergio Candido is the managing editor for the South region at cbsnews.com, coordinating multiplatform news coverage for CBS Miami, CBS Texas and CBS Atlanta. He previously worked for outlets including ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - More than a dozen baby snapping turtles were found during routine garden work at a local hospice facility. And people at Hospice of Northwest Ohio are welcoming them to stay.

Emotional support animals are a common sight out in public these days, but a Pennsylvania man's reptilian companion caught some Walmart shoppers off guard. Wesley Silva got his pet alligator, ...

A federal appeals court on Thursday halted a lower court judge’s order to end operations indefinitely at the "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention center built in the Florida Everglades. The ...

A lower court's order previously blocked use based on environmental concerns. A federal appeals court is allowing the state of Florida to continue operating the controversial immigrant detention ...

A group of Mississippi alligator hunters opened the season last Friday by capturing a monstrous gator that revealed its location by “roaring like a dinosaur.” The group, hoping to fill a tag acquired ...

WEST BROWNSVILLE, Pa. — Photos provided exclusively to Channel 11 show an alligator, appearing to wear a dress in one photo and a harness with a leash in another, inside the West Brownsville Walmart ...