Meet the newest alligator snapping turtle and get a close look at this incredible prehistoric-looking reptile. From its ...

From Slick City Action Park and OKANA's waterpark to children's museums and natural history, there's something for everyone.

Two giant mallard ducks in Garyville are both a folk-art masterpiece and part of an age-old Christmas bonfire tradition.

Amnesty International said Thursday the use of a confined space called the “box” at the migrant detention facility in Florida known as Alligator Alcatraz could amount to torture. The human rights ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Claude, a rare albino alligator who served as California Academy of Sciences’ unofficial mascot, died Tuesday at ...

Claude, a rare albino alligator and the unofficial mascot of the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, has died at age 30, the museum announced on Dec. 2. The alligator, whose unique ...

TAPAUA, Brazil — Environmental agents from Brazil’s Chico Mendes Institute released giant Amazon River turtle hatchlings into the waters of the Abufari Biological Reserve in Tapaua, Amazonas state, as ...

A giant river turtle -- named Yam -- got a sweet potato pie at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. Mashed sweet potatoes were topped with yellow peppers, apples and other things and put inside a ...

An appeals court has overturned a lower court's order to close the Alligator Alcatraz detention facility. Protesters continue to hold weekly vigils at the facility, demanding its closure and legal ...

Here's something you don't often see in the Charles River: an alligator. But over the past few days, walkers along the Esplanade might've done a double-take, wondering for a moment if they'd somehow ...

New England snowbirds are heading for warmer temperatures this time of year, as the days grow short and cold. But somehow, a young alligator found itself in the chilly Charles River in recent days, ...

A viral video has people in Boston looking for a tiny alligator in the Charles River. The small gator was spotted over the weekend and caught on video by a couple passing by. "I wasn't necessarily ...