In this Feb. 22 photo taken by paddler Brady Toensing, 54, of Reddick, alligator trapper Will Parker stands with a nearly 12-foot alligator killed in Silver Springs State Park. Florida Fish and ...

Florida’s state record for length was a 14 foot 3-1/2 inch male from Lake Washington in Brevard County. The Florida record for weight was a 1,043 pound (13 feet 10-1/2 inches long) male from ...

A Florida woman, paddleboarding in a lagoon at Silver Springs State Park, had a scary and potentially dangerous close encounter with a very large alligator and it was all caught on camera.

Sept. 10 (UPI) --A Florida woman had a tense encounter with an alligator that attempted to take a bite out of her paddleboard, and the incident was caught on camera. Vicki Reamy Baker posted ...

Sounds of violent splashing in Florida’s Silver Springs State Park led a woman on a paddleboard to discover a very large alligator was in the process of eating one of its own.. Tammy Shaw shared ...

Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection took over management of the 350-acre Silver Springs and Wild Waters in 2014. It wanted the now-Silver Springs State Park to be famed for its ...

Alexander Springs is one of only 27 first-magnitude springs in Florida, WKMG-TV said. Even at the peak of Florida’s summer heat, it stays a refreshing 72 degrees.

Then days later, on Nov. 5, officials responded to another incident, this time regarding a 20-year-old woman who was bitten by an alligator also while snorkeling at Alexander Springs in Lake ...

SILVER SPRINGS, Fla. (WLS) -- A woman's close call with an alligator is caught on camera. The woman was paddleboarding in Silver Springs, Florida last week when the gator came up right next to her ...