POLK COUNTY, Fla. — For two months, a man says he lived in a trailer on the same property where thousands of migrants have been detained in the Florida Everglades. “I was a translator,” he said. He ...

The alligator that fatally attacked a woman who was canoeing in Florida with her husband last month "performed a death roll," according to a new report The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

A new report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has revealed that a female alligator attacked a group of 20 kayakers on March 3 64-year-old Christiane Salvador was paddling a ...

The Marsh Rabbit Run trail at Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland is closed until further notice because of active alligator nesting sites, Polk County said July 28 in a news release. Alligator Alley ...

An alligator with origins in Polk County now stands sentry outside a citadel of scholarship in Gainesville. When fall classes open Aug. 21 at the University of Florida, students will find a realistic ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A baby alligator was found in a softball dugout at a school in Polk County, Florida, on Friday. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said the gator was found in one of the ...