Officials said witnesses reported seeing a man swimming in a lake near alligators before police arrived on scene.

At the hospital, doctors found that his skull had been crushed by the alligator's bite. LaVerde underwent a six-hour surgery and made it out alive. But part of his skull is still missing ...

The alligator bit down on his head, breaking his jaw and fracturing his skull, but as Defeats continued fighting, the alligator let go. No Defeats hopes his experience can be a call to all his ...

There, he underwent six hours of surgery to repair the damage from an alligator biting his head, including a fractured skull, broken jaw and nerve damage. After more than a week of recovery ...

A Florida firefighter is recovering in a hospital a week after he was bitten on the face by an alligator while swimming ... to repair the damage to his skull and jaw, after which he was ...

Early on Memorial Day, a Florida man was bitten by an alligator as he swam across a lake. Bleeding from a bite to his right arm but undeterred, he climbed out, grabbed a pair of garden shears and ...

Risky human behavior, not aggression by alligators, is the leading cause of alligator bites, according to a study by scientists at the University of Florida and Center College in Kentucky.

PETERSBURG, Fla. — A new study from the University of Florida claims that risky human behavior, not aggression by alligators, is the leading cause of alligator bites. The study, done in ...