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A crash involving several tractor-trailers left a Florida highway littered with cases of beer Wednesday morning.

A driver spotted an alligator tied to the rear bumper of an SUV while driving down a Florida highway on Saturday

A driver spotted a massive alligator tied to the rear bumper of an SUV while driving down I-95 in Florida.

A Florida Keys man is facing grand theft and animal cruelty charges after authorities said he stole his roommate’s $1,800 pet parrot.

A Florida man is facing several charges after deputies used a taser to stop him as he tried to avoid arrest by fleeing on a riding lawn mower. The Okaloosa County sheriff’s office was trying to serve arrest warrants on the 40-year-old man on Saturday and found him on the mower in a backyard. They shouted at him to stop...

Photos showed the man wearing nothing but shoes and socks climbing on the back of the truck.

Sheriff’s deputies captured video of a large alligator crawling through a front yard in Florida before making its way into a community lake.

The teacher admitted to “licking” the students, according to police.

The Manchineel tree, found in South Florida, was named the deadliest tree in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records in 2011. Here’s why.

Police say a Florida man tried to trade in a vehicle from the same dealership he stole it from.

Police near Daytona Beach arrested a man who they say stole an alligator from a tourist attraction and began tossing the animal to “teach it a lesson.” NBC affiliate WESH-TV reports 32-year-old William Hodge, who lives in Southwest Florida, was arrested Thursday morning while walking on a street in Daytona Beach Shores. Witnesses say Hodge swung the reptile by the…

Who’s that knocking in the middle of the night? A resident of Parrish, Fla., got quite a surprise when he checked his doorbell camera and saw that he had a scaled visitor overnight.

A small town in Florida accidentally sold its water tower in a blundered real estate transaction

They say neither rain nor snow nor gloom of night will stop the U.S. Postal Service, but an alligator could get in the way.

A woman found herself behind bars this weekend after deputies say she broke into a North Florida home and made breakfast while three children were asleep inside.

Police officers in a Florida panhandle city found a slithery subject during a recent DUI stop: an “emotional support snake.”

A Florida health officer says there’s so much demand for the coronavirus vaccine that some people even disguised themselves as the elderly in order to get a shot. Dr. Raul Pino said that two young women disguised as “grannies” on Wednesday get their second vaccination shots in Orange County. “The bonnet, the gloves, the glasses, the whole thing. And...

A man who appeared to be intoxicated while onboard a stolen, floating tiki hut was arrested in the Florida Keys on Wednesday, authorities said. U.S. Coast Guard officials said the vessel was found near Hawk’s Channel off Key West. The man on board, who appeared to be intoxicated, was taken into custody by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation...

Not even the coronavirus pandemic could slow down Florida Man in 2020. While much of the world was locking down, socially distancing and laying low for most of the year, Florida Man still found time to deliver the wacky and wild stories he’s known for. Without further ado, here are the most Florida Man and Florida Woman stories of 2020:…

A rare two-headed snake was discovered at a home in Florida, state wildlife officials said. The southern black racer was found at a home in Palm Harbor, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials said. The snake was being cared for and monitored by FWC. It has a low chance of survival in the wild since its brains will make…