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News Articles: alligator

A visitor to Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp recorded a rarely seen part of the alligator mating ritual called the head slap, researchers say. Jennifer Berglund video screengrab

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‘Startling’ head slaps are part of alligator courtship, Georgia lab says. See video

Male alligators rumble during mating displays, but a lesser-known part of the ritual involves something even more dramatic.

February 27, 2025
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  • Mark Price
Joie Henney says his emotional support alligator, Wally, is missing in Georgia after being kidnapped, found and released into a swamp with some 20 other gators.

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Have you seen this emotional support gator? Wally's owner says he's lost in Georgia

Wally has many fans in Pennsylvania and across social media. His owner is enlisting their help, saying Wally was kidnapped, located by a trapper and released into a swamp while vacationing in Georgia.

May 03, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Joie Henney hugs his emotional support alligator named Wally, Jan. 22, 2019, inside their home in York Haven, Pa. Henney credits Wally for helping relieve his depression for nearly a decade, says he's searching for the reptile after it went missing during a vacation to the coast of Georgia.

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Man says his emotional support alligator, known for its big social media audience, has gone missing

A Pennsylvania man says his emotional support alligator named Wally has gone missing amid the coastal marshes of Georgia. Joie Henney's alligator has attracted thousands of social media followers over the years, with videos and photos showing people petting and cuddling the 5 1/2-foot reptile.

May 02, 2024
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  • Associated Press
A family living in eastern Georgia found this alligator hiding in their fenced-in backyard. It’s unclear how it got there. Facebook

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Alligator mysteriously turns up in Georgia family’s fenced-in backyard, photos show

A Georgia family is mystified as to how an alligator got into their home’s fenced-in backyard on St. Simons Island, about an 80-mile drive south from Savannah.

March 18, 2024
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  • Mark Rice
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The 2-year-old boy who was found in an alligator's mouth was drowned, police say

Two-year-old Taylen Mosley went missing and was found dead shortly after his mother was found dead from stab wounds in March. Mosley's father has been arrested in connection to both deaths.

April 25, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
GPB News NPR

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A father is charged with murder after his son was found dead in an alligator's mouth

Two-year-old Taylen Mosley of St. Petersburg, Fla., was declared missing the same day his mother was found stabbed to death in her apartment, police said.

April 03, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
Jim Renner of Southern Ionics Minerals explains the post-mining reclamation process. This area has had its topsoil replaced and will be planted with loblolly and slash pine in the winter. In the distance is a wetland area the mine avoided.

Mining Proposal Near Okefenokee Promises Jobs, Raises Environmental Concerns

Just above the Florida border, there’s a vast — and famous — swamp: the Okefenokee. It’s more than 400,000 acres of wilderness, with black water, pine...

August 05, 2019
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  • Emily Jones

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