Living in Florida is never boring. It may be hot, but we get excited when a "cold front" is predicted that will drop temperatures into the 80s or, gasp, the 70s. And who knows, we might — emphasize ...

A prehistoric jet black river creature with shark-like teeth has been caught in the Choctawhatchee River in Florida. The melanistic longnose gar was found by the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute ...

February weather patterns along the east coast of Florida are always a little "iffy." Weekly cold fronts sweep across the country bringing high winds and a little rain. Temperatures bounce up and down ...

Dawson Hefner learned how to catch alligator gar when he was a teenager, landing his first alligator gar when he was 16 years old by drifting a chunk of freshwater drum under a Coke bottle in Texas’s ...

The term “river monster” seems made for the alligator gar. This prehistoric-looking creature named for its resemblance to the American alligator could have been dreamed up by a Hollywood ...

The fish are biting − but are you licensed to catch them? Go Outdoors Florida, an online licensing system for anglers and hunters, offers a quick and easy way to prepare for your next fishing or ...

A Texas teenager hauled in an impressive alligator gar earlier this month, and it wasn’t his first imposing catch. Jack Pytel, an 18-year-old from Needville, told McClatchy News he was at a friend’s ...

LIVINGSTON, Texas — "Sharing what was my most challenging catch of my life," Art Weston wrote on Facebook after landing a massive alligator gar in Lake Livingston. The 7-foot-3-inch behemoth weighed ...