May marks the beginning of alligator mating season in Florida, and that means that the reptiles are way more active.

"I thought somebody was breaking in," the Ave Maria resident said of the harrowing incident ...

Two ferocious alligators were caught on video turning a Southwest Florida mother’s enclosed front porch into a bloody ...

Kayla Burress of Ave Maria, Florida, thought someone was breaking into her home. She found something even scarier. Two ...

The gators slammed into the porch screen, tearing through it and leaving behind twisted metal and shredded mesh.

When Danie Wright moved from Massachusetts to Florida 20 years ago, she knew alligators might be part of the picture. But she never imagined she'd not only come face to face, but fist to face. "I was ...

A Florida woman thought an intruder was trying to break into her home discovered the ruckus was something more surprising: ...

Sergio Candido is the managing editor for the South region at cbsnews.com, coordinating multiplatform news coverage for CBS Miami, CBS Texas and CBS Atlanta. He previously worked for outlets including ...