Florida is home to an estimated 1.3 million alligators but there are also an estimated 1,000+ saltwater crocodiles that call Florida home as well. One of ...

An American crodocile, certainly a female, has likely been around Sanibel island, Florida for several years. Another arrived recently.

Cousins of the Nile crocodile, these aren't invasive species like so many of Florida's weird reptiles. They are native and rare. While they might look similar to their more common neighbor ...

Where are Nile monitors most likely to be spotted in Florida? Nile monitors are established ... gopher tortoises and the ...

According to social media posts shared by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, deputies were called out to a home in the Pirates Cove subdivision near Mile Marker 98 in Key Largo, where the large ...

Monroe County Sheriff's Office said Sergeant James Hager helped Key Largo residents "remove this unwelcome guest from their ...

While American crocodiles are found in Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean, Florida is the only place in the United States where people can see them in the wild. While Nile ...

An American crocodile lounges in a pool in Key Largo Friday morning, Jan. 31, 2025. Monroe County Sheriff's Office A Florida Keys homeowner woke up Friday morning to find a crocodile lounging in ...

L urking in the cooling canals of a Florida nuclear power plant, an unlikely population of American alligators has taken up residence and continues to thrive. Fear not – the crocodiles aren’t glowing, ...

This story appears in the November 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. In the summer of 2008 an American crocodile left Florida's Biscayne Bay, swam along a yacht-lined canal through the ...

A large American crocodile was spotted strolling across a residential street in Miami on January 20, as neighborhood residents voiced growing safety concerns over the animals’ presence.Florida ...

It helps crocodiles regulate their body temperature and is not a sign of aggression, according to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. It is not immediately clear where the animal ...