Several accounts highlight alligator encounters, including an alligator injuring a child in Lake Waccamaw and a large gator emerging onto a busy beach. Other stories explain how to deter snakes from ...

"And, you know what? If the roles were reversed, and I was the one in the pond needing his help, he would have been the first ...

North Carolina is the northernmost range of the American alligator. The Swamp Park, also known as Shallotte River Swamp Park, is a place that offers ziplining, ATV tours, boat tours and more.

A woman found two alligators along a North Carolina beach Saturday. >> Read more trending news JoAnn Groeger was visiting North Topsail Beach when she came across one reptile around 6 p.m.

According to the Smithsonian Institute, American alligators are native to the U.S. from North Carolina to the Rio Grande in Texas. The average size for a female is about eight feet, and the ...