The answer could play a key role in a legal battle over the facility’s fate. And it has bigger implications, too.

Eve Samples, executive director of Friends of the Everglades, hopes the judge rules to temporarily stop "Alligator Alcatraz" from expanding.

A woman was attacked by an 8.5-foot alligator in Naples, Florida. Bites to her arm and leg resulted in broken bones and severe bleeding.

A group of congressional Democrats is pushing officials at the DHS for more information about the use of the immigration detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz."

More than five dozen Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday, demanding “critical” information on the Trump administration’s plan for the new Florida immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz.

The following video will explore the key differences between alligators and crocodiles, from size to diet to habitat to distinguishing characteristics. Finally, we’ll make the call in which apex predator would emerge victorious if these two ferocious beasts faced off in a physical battle.

Orlando Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost delivered sharp criticism of the site, describing it as "inhumane" and calling for it to be shut down.