An alligator was found abandoned in a Long Island pond, prompting concerns over illegal exotic pet disposal and ecosystems' safety. Authorities captured and are caring for the reptile.

The juvenile, roughly two-foot-long gator was found by a birdwatcher on Aug. 7 at the Cow Meadow Preserve, a 150-acre preserve located in Cow Meadow Park.

In Brevard County, a Florida woman believes she caught a strange lizard. She contacted FOX 35 because she wasn't sure what it ...

A surprising discovery was made earlier this month in a peaceful natural setting on Long Island when a juvenile alligator was ...

Florida Woman Able to Keep Alligator Pet Rambo will be allowed to stay with his owner, Mary Thorn, after state officials settled the case.

An alligator that had been illegally dumped in Cow Meadow Park and Preserve in Freeport has been rescued and taken to a ...

"He's my best friend, my second son," she said. "I don't want to lose him." — -- Meet Rambo, a gentle alligator whose Florida owner says he "eats at the dinner table, sleeps in my bed and follows ...