Perdido Key, a barrier island southwest of Pensacola, offers a quieter beach experience with the added bonus of the Flora-Bama Lounge, a legendary beach bar straddling the Florida-Alabama state line.

A 27-year-old woman was taken to a hospital after an alligator briefly pulled her underwater and bit her hand in a Florida river.

A 27-year-old woman was taken to a hospital after an alligator briefly pulled her underwater and bit her hand in a Florida river.

The woman was standing in waist-deep water with her dog when a gator bit her hand and wrist, deputies said.

A view of the Perdido River from a kayak traveling the Alabama Perdido Canoe Trail shows the distinctive tannin coloration ...

A woman was bitten and pulled under the water by an alligator at a river in Florida, authorities said.

A 27-year-old woman was briefly dragged underwater in a Martin County river when an alligator attacked her, biting her hand and wrist.

A 27-year-old woman was taken to a hospital after an alligator briefly pulled her underwater and bit her hand in a Florida river, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office said.

Seeing a toxic blue-green algae bloom in the St. Johns River has become more common as more pollution flows into the river from toxic sewage sludge. (Photo via the St. Johns RIverkeeper) What is it ...