A Panhandle Fish and Wildlife officer lost a 5-foot alligator after bringing it to his daughter's school for show and tell. ...more

October 30, 2009

Authorities say a Clearwater woman walking her dog by a lake was bitten by an 8-foot alligator but managed to escape. ...more

September 26, 2009

An 80-pound Dalmatian has died after being attacked by an alligator at Jacksonville's Hanna Park. ...more

August 10, 2009

Divers for the South Florida Water Management District maintain the country's largest flood control system of its kind. The divers' duties include repairing pumps and floodgates, removing blockages and adding new equipment. ...more

February 24, 2009

What price tag does one put on an arm? A man who lost his recently during a fierce battle with an alligator has a new one worth $110,000. ...more

October 26, 2008

MULBERRY The handler of police canine Sam Diesel had kept the German shepherd in a portable kennel at the Mulberry Police Department in the weeks before the dog died inside a patrol car with faulty air conditioning, according to an investigative report released Tuesday by the agency. ...more

August 5, 2008

Scientists have a good idea of what Florida was like 12,000 years ago: hot and dry and twice as wide as now, with seas 400 feet lower. That would have put the Gulf coast of Florida about 100 miles west of today's shoreline. ...more

July 16, 2008

NORTH PORT - Scientists have a good idea what Florida was like 12,000 years ago: It was hot and dry and twice as wide as it is now because the oceans were 400 feet lower than they are now. That would put the Gulf coast of Florida about 100 miles west of the current shoreline. ...more

July 15, 2008

A teen attacked by an 11 1/2 -foot alligator managed to get away with his life but lost his arm. ...more

June 25, 2008

Anne Hjelle was attacked by a mountain lion while biking in the California wilderness in 2004. ...more

June 7, 2008