Sergio Candido is the managing editor for the South region at cbsnews.com, coordinating multiplatform news coverage for CBS Miami, CBS Texas and CBS Atlanta. He previously worked for outlets including ...

An alligator attacked a woman in Collier County over the weekend, marking the third alligator attack the state has seen in 2025. On Sunday, August 17, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conversation ...

STUART (CBS12) — A woman had a frightening encounter when she was bitten on the hand and wrist, and briefly pulled underwater by an alligator. On Wednesday, the 27-year-old woman and her boyfriend ...

A missing 12-year-old boy with autism likely died following an alligator attack, police said Wednesday. A nearly two-week-long search resulted in his body being found in a New Orleans canal this week.

The body of a missing 12-year-old boy with autism was found near a canal, and coroners believe he died following an alligator attack, according to officials. Bryan Vasquez's body was found in a lagoon ...

Danie Wright was walking her Shih Tzu near a creek behind her home in Land O’Lakes, Fla., on Wednesday when an alligator attacked them. By Johnny Diaz As she does each afternoon, Danie Wright took her ...

Fatal attacks from American Alligators are exceedingly rare, even in areas where they are abundant, such as much of the Southeast and Deep South, but one South Carolina island has seen several attacks ...