Alligator News

A 4-foot alligator was found hiding under a car in downtown Jackson on Friday, officials said.

Successful applicants for the alligator hunt on Ross Barnett Reservoir are reminded that attendance at one of two Saturday classes is mandatory for first time hunters.

Qualifying landowners in seven counties have until Aug. 15 to participate in a private lands alligator hunting season, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks announced this week.

Mississippi is opening a private lands alligator hunting season in seven counties later this year, according to the Commission on the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks.

Gars are ugly fish, as evil looking as critters can be with their tooth-filled snouts.

Wildlife officials said that at least one illegally sold wild animal was returned to a Richland store.

Big Walter Horton is being honored with a Mississippi Blues Trail marker. The ceremony is set for Friday morning on Center Street in Horn Lake - the north Mississippi town where Horton is believed to have been ...

A Richland pet store owner who lives in Poplarville was charged with selling wild animals as pets without a permit and for selling alligators.

Residents of Warren and Issaquena Counties are seeing more alligators. Officials say that was hit by a car Saturday on Highway 61 just south of Valley Park in Issaquena County is another sign of the increased ...

“My husband noticed what he thought was a log, and all of a sudden, the log is moving and he realized at that point it was an alligator because it's head came up and it was moving steadily toward Gordy”

The alligator is gone from Q.V. Sykes Park. Officials with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks had it removed Monday night. via WTOK-TV Meridian

“So instead of three nights of hunting from 6 to midnight, we are having two nights from 6 to 4 a.m. 'We are only losing a Sunday night, and participation has always fallen off since most people have to work on Monday.”

Hunters selected for the alligator seasons on Ross Barnett Reservoir and the Pascagoula River will gain a couple of hours of hunting opportunity despite having seasons shortened by a night. via The Clarion-Ledger

One of the most colorful bluesmen on the contemporary Chicago scene is Eddy 'The Chief' Clearwater, whose moniker derives from his penchant for wearing a full American Indian headdress. via The Clarion-Ledger

“During those months you can certainly hear more vocalizations. You're more likely to see bobcats during the daytime during that period and that also coincides with a time when food sources will be the lowest.”

About twice the size of your average housecat, the bobcat can be an impressive sight for hunters in the Mississippi woods. via Hattiesburg American

“When I arrived there was a vehicle turned upright on an embankment on the north side of the road”

Landry Barbieri BC Staff Writer Published January 22, 2008 3:21 PM CST ALLIGATOR - An accident in Alligator took the life of a Dublin man on Sunday. via Bolivar Commercial

Saluting our veterans Center Hill New 11/14/07 Science Guy stresses need forstewardship toward nature By David Johnson West Union students heard the call of the wild Friday when a representative of the ... via New Albany Gazette