June 18 (UPI) --An alligator attacked a homeless Florida man while he was swimming in Lake Monroe before dawn Sunday morning, amputating his arm at the elbow. He survived the attack. The man told ...

Officials with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said they were called just before 2 a.m. Sunday about a gator attack at Lake Monroe. The attack left a man amputated ...

Two months ago, Eric Merda was attacked by an alligator while out for a long swim in a lake south of Tampa, Florida. He'd got lost in the woods at the Lake Manatee Fish Camp and had decided to try ...

A Florida man had to leave his Easter dinner in a hurry so he could wrangle a large alligator into a trash can.

The 34-year-old male victim was swimming in Lake Thonotosassa when the alligator attacked, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission A Florida man was hospitalized last ...

A Sarasota County man who's almost 70 years old says he saved the life of an eagle that fell into a lake in his backyard. The ...

Collier County Sheriff's Office Facebook A 79-year-old Florida man out on an early morning walk survived an alligator attack on Thursday ... and heading to a nearby lake, authorities said.

In Florida, there's an estimated 1.3 million alligators, according to the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Services. Male alligators start looking for females in April. There ...

A University of Florida study categorized ... include intentionally interacting with alligators or swimming in alligator-infested waters. Alligator attacks, while sometimes fatal, are less ...