On the r/Worcester Reddit page, commenters questioned if there really was an alligator swimming in the lake. It turns out, however, that the animal in question wasn’t an alligator but a muskrat, ...

Art Weston and Kirk Kirkland reeled in and released the enormous freshwater fish, known as an alligator gar, after a ...

Texas has witnessed the return of a world-record fishing titan, who crafted another extraordinary saga beneath its murky surface in the most challenging catch of his life.

Art Weston landed a 153-pound alligator gar on 2-lb test, setting a new IGFA world record for freshwater fish on ultra-light ...

A fascinating video has captured the moment an alligator ... it attempted to swim across a river in Cat Island, South ...

The group was swimming in the water at Lake Raven when the alligator, which was estimated to be 12 to 14 feet long, charged toward them. “There was no doubt in my mind that that alligator was ...

A diver in South Carolina is lucky to not just be alive, but to have survived with all his limbs intact after a harrowing alligator ... and surface. That's when he saw the gator swimming straight ...

"This particular fish was very difficult, swimming 8 to 12 feet below the boat, and even resting on the bottom for 10 or more minutes at a time," Weston told Sports Illustrated, adding the gar would ...

On April 8th, Weston and his guide, Captain Kirk Kirkland, set out on Texas’ Lake Livingston with the goal of catching a gar weighing more than 110 pounds on a 2-pound test line. Luck was on his side ...

There have been 490 alligator attacks in Florida since 1948, including 27 that were fatal, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

A University of Florida study categorized human actions into alligator risk levels, from no risk to high risk. High-risk behaviors include intentionally interacting with alligators or swimming in ...