The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) is a fascinating apex predator native to the southeastern United States. Known for its armour-like scales, muscular build, and impressive size ...

"We bundle up, but this is what the American alligator does," a park employee said of the creatures' winter habit Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

A. James Spotila, a professor at Drexel University, conducted a study on mouth gaping by alligators to determine why these big reptiles, as well as crocodiles, will sometimes sit motionless with their ...