At Everglades National Park, visitors watched as a hefty alligator wrestled with a Burmese python, thrashing the snake's body in the water before sinking its jaws back in, reported the Miami Herald.

Vulnerable species — and the impact of the facility on their habitat and well-being — are at the core of a legal fight.

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President Donald Trump's administration landed a legal victory on Thursday related to the Florida immigrant detention center commonly known as "Alligator Alcatraz." "The 11th Circuit not only blocked ...

A ball python found its way into the D.C. Fire and EMS Department's Bravest Training Academy in Washington and was safely apprehended by emergency personnel.

A federal appeals court has blocked a lower court’s order to shutter the “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center over environmental concerns, in a win for the Trump administration and Florida officials.

(The Center Square) – Alligator Alcatraz is staying open for business. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday put U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams’ preliminary injunction on hold. She ...

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 ...

The Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention center in the Big Cypress National Preserve poses a threat to numerous endangered and threatened species. Species at risk include the Florida panther, ...

UPDATE: The day following this show, by a 2 to 1 vote, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals stayed the order to dismantle and close the facility, pending the outcome of an appeal, saying it was in ...