Alligators

Remember that Lacoste logo that came part and parcel with every polo shirt you purchased? They were designed by French tennis player René Lacoste. Did you ever wonder why a ‘crocodile’ was chosen by that superstar of the 1920’s — and why almost a hundred years later that famous crocodile is being preempted by ten other members of the animal kingdom?

Residents of Melbourne, Florida's, historic district caught a rare glimpse of a large gator beating a hasty retreat from Hurricane Irma's disruptive path as the mega storm began to bear down.

A mama alligator can't pick up her young 'uns by the scruff of the neck to haul them around. She's got to use what's available to her -- that big, scary mouth.

See ya later alligator. After awhile crocodile. You don't have to have a water feature in your garden to suggest the presence of a nearby swamp. With this cool Swamp Beast Garden Statue you can just hint at the danger that awaits.

When winter covers your vehicle with dirt, mud, and pollution the most any of us can hope for is for some idiot to think they are being clever by writing "wash me" with their finger. In Moscow people have a rare chance of having a work of art carefully etched into the muck by artist and illustrator Nikita Golubev. Most of these incredible images seem to be animals.

In bucolic Beaufort, South Carolina where I now reside, the locals are keen to set Northerners straight about alligators. They’re omnipresent —  they’re everywhere. They’re like squirrels in the Lowcountry [and believe me, my backyard is full of squirrels.]  And while intimidating, recorded alligator attacks are few and far between.

A Florida golfer whose ball hit and subsequently eaten by an angry alligator needs to consult the rulebook or call in a marine biologist – maybe both.

When you think of NASA's Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral in Florida you tend to think of science and technology not of alligators and other wildlife. What most people don't realize about the facility is that, being located on Merritt Island, it is also a National Wildlife Refuge. Of Merritt Island's 140,000 acres, Kennedy only takes up about 6,000 acres. This makes for a tricky balance between nature and space science.