The Mississippi River floodplains are home to one of Earth’s most impressive river monsters: the alligator gar. Known to ...

Based on recent work by the Illinois DNR, some of those fictional stories are returning the water’s back to the way they were ...

A gargantuan alligator gar caught in Texas may shatter the previous world record for its classification, a Texas fishing guide says. The 251-pound beast was caught Sunday, April 16, by Kentucky angler ...

You might look at the Mississippi and think, "There's no way anything weird lives in there." Surprise—you'd be wrong. Lurking under that brown water is a lineup of creatures that belong in a natural ...

Robert Field heads down to the Trinity River in central Texas in search of river monsters. Alligator gar can grow in excess of 300 pounds and over 7 feet long, and they are notorious for leaping out ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) opened its annual Alligator Gar Harvest Authorization drawing application process on Sept. 1. The random drawing authorizes anglers to harvest one ...