TAMPA - Cool weather is making it difficult for a state-hired trapper to catch an alligator that killed a dog at Al Lopez Park on Monday. ...more

February 14, 2008

BRADENTON - For more than two weeks, Justin Matthews had been trying to capture a 13-foot-long python outside the Wal-Mart on State Road 64. ...more

February 6, 2008

Jim Epley, who turned 74 last week, watched as his neighbor used a .22-caliber handgun to dispatch the Eastern diamondback. He knew it would take more firepower. He fetched his .44-caliber Magnum. Two shots later, the snake was dead, although it continued to squirm for hours. ...more

January 17, 2008

It was almost back to normal in Florida on Friday - the skies were blue, the sun was shining, shorts were on and the iguanas were back in the trees. ...more

January 5, 2008

A man who jumped into a lake to flee tribal police was killed by an alligator more than 9 feet long, officials said Tuesday. ...more

November 14, 2007