The Mississippi River is home to one of North America’s most formidable reptilian apex predators: the American alligator.

Alligators and crocodiles differ in some key ways, from their scales to teeth to snout shape and beyond. Watch the latest ...

Biologists are gaining new insight into how environmental factors, nesting behaviors, and maternal care shape the future of this ancient reptile. What's Wild is available to stream on pbs.org and the ...

Natural history. In the beginning ; Names and places ; "Their toes are five in number" ; To build an alligator ; Root hog, or die -- The human factor. First encounters ; Near fatal attraction ; A love ...

Anglers interested in hooking into an epic-sized trophy fish can apply for a 2026 Alligator Gar Trophy Tag from now until the end of 2025. Many Arkansas anglers travel all the way to the Gulf of ...

Anglers interested in hooking into an epic-sized trophy fish can apply for a 2026 alligator gar trophy tag from now until the ...