The Gator Queen, Liz Cavalier, took History Channel's "Swamp People" by storm as one of the very few women who have made a career of alligator hunting. After joining the show during its second season ...

Louisiana is known for its giant gators, but the Marsh Island giant found in 1890 by Edward McIlhenny near the mouth of Vermilion Bay is the absolute champ of large alligators. The animal’s reported ...

Claude hatched at a Louisiana alligator farm and came to a swamp exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco in 2008. Gayle Laird Photo by Gayle Laird from the ...