From gator attacks and interactions to therapy dogs — and even a therapy cat — to the state’s first fatal black bear attack, Florida Patch has rounded up some of the top animal news stories from 2025 ...

June 6 (UPI) --Florida deputies working to remove an alligator from the middle of a highway ended up receiving help from a former Animal Planet star. The Monroe County Sheriff's Office said Deputy ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — A gator that disappeared from a local traveling zoo in Chesapeake several weeks ago was found chilling down the road in a swimming pool. Fittingly named Splash, the young ...

TAMPA, Florida — Body camera footage released by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission shows the moments an officer wrangled a small gator that was "borrowed" from a Tampa zoo and put ...