Reptiles

US 2 days ago

SEE IT: Texas cop wrangles live alligator on doorstep with bare hands caught on camera: 'You're a hero!'

One Texas police officer is being lauded on social media for successfully wrangling a live alligator with his bare hands after it occupied a family's threshold.

VIDEO 2 days ago

Police officer wrangles alligator with bare hands 'Can't take the country out of the boy'

Lieutenant Bill Henry with the Fulshear, Texas Police took matters into his own hands when an alligator was found on one family's doorstep. (Credit: Fulshear Police via Facebook)

HEALTH August 21

Salmonella outbreak caused by tiny turtles, CDC warns, with cases across 21 states

Tiny turtles are responsible for a salmonella outbreak that has spread across 21 states, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention alerted last week.

SCIENCE August 16

Crocodiles baited with 'nausea-inducing chemical' to prevent them from eating toxic, invasive toad

Scientists in Australia are boosting the country's dwindling freshwater crocodile numbers by getting the animals to stop eating a poisonous toad.

LIFESTYLE August 13

Emergency call leads Arizona officials to escaped reptile crossing busy highway

A good Samaritan in Arizona called authorities after he witnessed a large, slow-moving reptile trying to cross a busy highway. The animal had escaped from a ranch nearby.

VIDEO August 13

Oklahoma City Zoo welcomes five giant tortoise hatchlings

Five rare Volcán Alcedo giant tortoises were born at the Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden. They now join the four other adult Galápagos tortoises already at the zoo.

LIFESTYLE August 3

Rare albino alligator hatches in Florida: 'Estimated 100 to 200 in the world'

Wild Florida Gator Park in Kenansville, Florida, welcomed an albino alligator after a successful breeding program with the tiny reptile's parents. The animal is "exceptionally rare."

WILD NATURE July 29

In Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp, alligators swarm canal in viral video: 'Gators everywhere'

A Georgia man's encounter with a mass gathering of alligators in the Okefenokee Swamp has prompted researchers to investigate why there were so many in that particular area.

VIDEO July 29

Alligators swarm canal in Georgia state park: 'There's gators everywhere'

A Georgia boater and his wife stumble upon a swarm of alligators in a canal at Stephen C. Foster State Park in the Okefenokee Swamp.

Reptiles July 18

Louisiana father saves son from alligator attack: ‘Jumped on the gator'

A young boy was attacked and bit on the leg by a 6-foot alligator while swimming in the Bayou St. John in New Orleans, and was saved by his father.