“Alligator snapping turtles, I think, are just the most impressive turtles we have in Alabama,” said Mark ... “Down around Mobile Bay, it’s so turbid, there’s no visibility.

Alabama became the first state to protect American alligators in 1938, and by 1967, it was listed nationally as an endangered species. Around that time, conservationists introduced a small ...

An alligator nearly 13 feet long was among the first casualties in Alabama’s annual alligator harvest, and the hunting party learned an important lesson. The toughest part of harvesting an ...