A temporary migrant detention site located deep in the Florida Everglades is quickly taking shape — and drawing mounting controversy. Dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," Florida officials are racing ahead ...

Some animals keep the human spirit alive by spurring our curiosity. The American alligator is a superstar in this role, as shown by these questions I have received.

Several conservation groups as well as others lined U.S. 41 near the abandoned Everglades Jetport to protest a proposed immigrant detention center inside Big Cypress National Preserve. Protesters ...

LAND O' LAKES, Fla. — A woman in Land O' Lakes is recovering tonight from a nasty bite after she saved her puppy from an alligator in her backyard. Danie Wright said even though the gator was young, ...