Alligator snapping turtles rescued from Mississippi lake drainage

Specialists with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) worked to rescue two trapped alligator ...
Family Destinations Guide

You Can Paddle Through The Same Swamp Where The Notebook Was Filmed In South Carolina

Somewhere in South Carolina, there’s a swamp so beautiful it made Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams fall in love, and you can ...
Common Dreams

Everglades Advocates Respond to Press Conference With DeSantis, Federal Officials at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

At the Center for Biological Diversity, we believe that the welfare of human beings is deeply linked to nature — to the existence in our world of a vast diversity of wild animals and plants. Because ...
Common Dreams

Immigrants’ Rights Advocates Applaud Permanent Closure of Everglades Detention Center, Cruelly Dubbed ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Groups Caution That the Facility Reflects Systemic Patterns of Abuse at Other ICE Detention Centers The American Civil Liberties Union was founded in 1920 and is our nation's guardian of liberty. The ...
The Shreveport Times

How likely are you to be attacked by an alligator in Louisiana?

Louisiana has more alligators than any other state, with 2 million alligators estimated to be living in the wild. While Florida is known for its high alligator population, Louisiana has the state beat ...