The alligator gar bears no relation to alligators, but with its wide, crocodilian head and razor-sharp teeth, it’s easy to ...

The Mississippi River floodplains are home to one of Earth’s most impressive river monsters: the alligator gar. Known to science as Atractosteus spatula, it is the largest of the gar species alive ...

Anglers interested in hooking into an epic-sized trophy fish can apply for a 2026 alligator gar trophy tag from now until the end of 2025. Many Arkansas anglers travel all the way to the Gulf of ...

Sometime between 5.5 and 5.6 million years ago, two shell crushers squared off in the languid currents of an ancient Florida river. The fossils they left behind, discovered by paleontologists at the ...

NEEDVILLE, Texas (KTRK) -- An 18-year-old from Needville has quite the fish tale! Jack Pytel shared photos with ABC13 of his big catch - a 190-pound, 7'5" alligator gar. He said he was in a creek near ...

D’IBERVILLE, Miss. (WLOX) - Over the weekend, anglers from across the Coast battled it out on the water in the annual Alligator Gar Rodeo in D’Iberville. Held under the I-110 bridge, the tournament ...

This week’s beachcombing turned up something unusual: a 5-foot alligator gar lying along the wrack line. It’s not the kind of fish you expect to see on the open beach, and its size and armor-plated ...

A rare albino Alligator Gar, an exotic freshwater fish native to North America, has been found dead in the Amba River near Wavhe village in Sudhagad taluka of Maharashtra''s Raigad district, creating ...