Scales are small, hard plates that protect an animal's skin. Learn all about the 12 types of animals with scales here!

The brown-colored proteins formed on those top layers of skin are shed at the same time ... previously written for The Independent Florida Alligator and WUFT News.

We were eating turkey sandwiches at his kitchen table one afternoon earlier this year when Hiaasen told me about Rocky I and Rocky II, the pet raccoons he kept in the 1970s. Raccoons, he told me, ...

But the truly transformative results—think reptile woman sheds skin, now passes for human ... Unless, of course, I get a case of alligator knees this winter. Then all bets are off.

Unlike humans, whose skin grows and regenerates continuously, snakes have to shed their older skin entirely to be able to accommodate their growing bodies. When snakes grow, their skin does not ...

On May 6, an alligator thrashed and tipped over a couple’s canoe in Central Florida where it attacked a woman and killed her. By Johnny Diaz An 11-foot alligator that tipped over a canoe and ...

THE LEE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS. DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO FIND THIS BIG GATOR ON THE FAMILY PORCH. IS IT TRYING TO OPEN THE DOOR? THEY SAY THE GATOR WAS SECURED. OH MY GOODNESS. AND HAND IT ...

A woman in a canoe was attacked and killed by an alligator on Lake Kissimmee on May 6, prompting a multi-agency response. This is the second alligator attack on a paddler in the Lake Kissimmee ...

Since Tuesday's fatal attack, nuisance alligator trappers have recovered two large alligators in the same area You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an ...

A 61-year-old Davenport woman died after the canoe she and her husband were in struck an alligator. Two alligators were captured and killed in the area following the attack. Fatal alligator ...

ST. PETERSBURG — An alligator killed a Florida woman after tipping over a canoe she and her husband were paddling, which investigators say appeared to be an accidental encounter. The attack ...

A woman canoeing in Lake Kissimmee, Florida was killed by an alligator. Alligator mating season, during spring and summer, leads to increased activity and potential human encounters. While ...