"Alligators are really good at treating these things, and not getting cancer, and repairing chromosomes. So we're trying to ...

The aquarium says Burt died over the weekend and was at least 90 years old. A saltwater crocodile, Burt was estimated to be ...

Image source: National geographic The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) is a fascinating apex predator native to the southeastern United States. Known for its armour-like scales ...

Burmese pythons wreak havoc across the Florida Everglades. The invasive snakes eat just about anything. Do they eat ...

Florida's Everglades Holiday Park is renowned for its breathtaking landscapes and bustling wildlife, but it was a remarkable ...

There are around 1.3 million alligators in Florida and an estimated 30,000 live in one lake alone. A look at the ...

Scientific American is part of Springer Nature, which owns or has commercial relations with thousands of scientific publications (many of them can be found at www ...

Kevin Olejniczak, wildlife technician, left, holds an American alligator while Sergio Balaguera-Reina, research scientist studying conservation biology, collects data during a research survey with ...

Thousands of invasive Burmese pythons are spread out across more than a thousand square miles of South Florida. The first record of a Burmese python in the Everglades was in 1979. Since then, they ...