"I thought it was a log floating on the surface of water or something like that," Alvarez told USA TODAY in an interview Monday. "Then I noticed the alligator moving it." Start the day smarter.

To survive the biting winters, alligators and other reptiles go into a state called brumation, similar to hibernation, ...

A large alligator was recently caught on video towing an enormous Burmese python through the water in the Florida Everglades. The video, shot from the observation tower at Shark Valley by Everglades ...