A man in central Florida was left with an amputated arm after an alligator attacked him in Lake Monroe early Sunday morning. According to local reports, officials with the state's Fish and ...

A 34-year-old man was rushed to the hospital after an alligator bit his face in a Florida lake. It marks another serious gator attack this summer.

Alligator attacks are not uncommon in Florida, although deaths from them are. Out of 243 total reported attacks between 2000 and 2021 only 18 resulted in fatalities, according to an FWC report .

Wildlife officials are investigating after a man was reportedly bitten by an alligator while swimming in a Seminole County lake, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ...

Alligator attacks in Florida. Since 1948, when officials began tracking alligator bites involving people in Florida, there have been 487 unprovoked bites through 2024, according to FWC data.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Timothy Schultz, 42, charged at his deputies holding a pair of garden shears after swimming across a lake where he was attacked by an alligator.

A woman was killed by an alligator May 6, 2025, while on Lake Kissimmee in Florida. FWC estimates Lake Kissimmee has second highest population of gators in the state, with Lake Okeechobee No. 1.

An 89-year-old Florida man and his dog were killed by a black bear, the first recorded fatal bear attack in the state. Days later, a woman canoeing in Lake Kissimmee was killed by an alligator.

A man in central Florida was left with an amputated arm after an alligator attacked him in Lake Monroe early Sunday morning. According to local reports, officials with the state's Fish and ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Timothy Schultz, 42, charged at his deputies holding a pair of garden shears after swimming across a lake where he was attacked by an alligator.