Beware of turtle holes in Georgia — because they could be hiding large alligators, the Georgia Wildlife Resources Division says. That discovery was made the hard way when biologists studying gopher ...

Hundreds of species in the southeastern United States rely on tortoise burrows to make their homes. Alligators, however, are not usually included on this list. That's why biologists at the Georgia ...

TATTNALL COUNTY, Ga. - You typically don't want to be close enough to see the expression on a large alligator's face. A group of Georgia state wildlife biologists recently had one such experience ...

Camera sent into gopher tortoise burrow discovers an alligator is hiding inside, Georgia biologists say. Georgia Wildlife Resources Division photo Beware of turtle holes in Georgia — because they ...

Biologists with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources got quite the surprise while checking a gopher tortoise hole in Tattnall County. When one biologist bent down to check the hole, they saw an ...