With help from his wife and kids, who prevented the snake from squeezing him to death, Carl Jackson wrangled the ...

The yellow-bellied slider is a semiaquatic turtle, native to southeastern United States, where it is the most common turtle species. As the name suggests, they have a yellow belly that is buried under ...

UTICA, MI - Snakes and alligators and lizards, oh my! And that’s just scratching the surface of what you can get up close and personal to at this local reptarium. LegaSea Aquarium and The Reptarium ...

PyPy, an alternative runtime for Python, uses a specially created JIT compiler to yield potentially massive speedups over CPython, the conventional Python runtime. But PyPy’s exemplary performance has ...

Who do you think would win a fight between a python and a crocodile in Florida? Generally, we would look to real-life examples for clues, but surprisingly, there isn’t very much of that. While there ...

THE EXPERTS ABOUT GATOR SAFETY. IT’S THE TAIL END OF GATOR MATING SEASON HERE IN FLORIDA. THAT MEANS MALE GATORS ARE MORE ACTIVE, TERRITORIAL, AND THAT COULD LEAD TO MORE HUMAN ENCOUNTERS. IN GENERAL, ...

Juan Carlos Chavez is the immigration reporter, covering immigration, diverse communities and the intersection with politics. He can be reached at jchavez@tampabay.com. Anyone can view a sampling of ...

How many Florida deputies does it take to get a 600-pound alligator off the road? At least seven, according to a video from the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office. Deputies with the sheriff's office ...

Since Florida opened the controversial Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention site in the middle of the Everglades this past summer, migrants have reported inhumane and unsanitary conditions, ...

A rare albino alligator named Claude who was beloved by fans around the world died Tuesday, according to the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. He was 30. The science museum in Golden ...

The tiny alligator that was spotted in the Charles River in Boston has been found safe. The alligator was first seen last weekend by Trevor Rochelle who recorded video of it wading back into the river ...

WEYMOUTH ‒ The small American alligator rescued from the Charles River was taken to New England Wildlife Center in Weymouth for an initial exam and treatment. Dubbed “Charles” by his rescuer, the ...