BATON ROUGE, LA. - Bills creating an annual recreational alligator season from October through December have begun advancing through the state Legislature this week. Following the passage of Senate ...

At a glance, alligators and crocodiles look nearly identical. Both are massive reptiles with armored skin, powerful jaws and a prehistoric lineage that stretches back more than 200 million years.

ABBEVILLE, La. (AP) — Jacob Sagrera unrolls an alligator skin and lays it flat on a metal table, brushing off flecks of salt. He holds it up to the light, looking for blemishes, and gives it a score.

ABBEVILLE, La. — Jacob Sagrera unrolls an alligator skin and lays it flat on a metal table, brushing off flecks of salt. He holds it up to the light, looking for blemishes, and gives it a score. That ...

The Associated Press / George Melancon, an alligator research biologist, holds a baby alligator on Jan. 20 at Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge in Grand Chenier, La. ABBEVILLE, La. — Jacob Sagrera unrolls ...

A $50 lottery could soon give anyone a chance to reel in one of Louisiana’s 3 million alligators. Senate Bill 244, sponsored by state Sen. Robert Allain, R-Franklin, would expand alligator hunting by ...

A former Alligator Alcatraz detainee says this patch was ‘meant to make us even more afraid than we already were. I always felt haunted by it, but I never said anything because I was so afraid.’ ...

Louisiana lawmakers are considering a bill to create a recreational alligator hunting season. The proposed season would be open to 5,000 lottery-selected hunters annually, with a two-gator limit.

Native to South Carolina, there are plenty of places to see them in Horry and Georgetown counties, especially now that the temperatures are warming. Joe Cannon, Huntington Beach State Park volunteer, ...