A Prehistoric Predator. The alligator gar is often called a “living fossil” because it has existed for over 100 million years! In fact, its lineage dates back to the time of the dinosaurs ...

Contaminants in the alligator gar's environment also can build up within the fish, potentially making them harmful for human consumption. TEXAS WILDLIFE: 10-foot alligator causes Houston 'traffic ...

A recent University of Florida study found that one reason accounts for 96% of alligator bites - and it's not the fault of the reptiles. A ranking system of human actions reveals the details.

A Kentucky fisherman, Art Weston, caught a 283-pound alligator gar fish while fishing in Deep East, Texas, last month which is likely to set two records.

The first is the All-Tackle World Record for alligator gar, which currently stands at 279 pounds, set by Bill Valverde in December 1951 in Rio Grande, Texas. Advertisement ...

Once gars are more than a meter long, their only predator is the alligator. And alligator gars grow fast. They start as tiny toxic eggs but reach up to 2 feet (0.6 m) long in their first year.

Alligator gar haven’t changed much in a few million years, but our understanding of them has. In the same way, our respect for the Trinity continues to evolve.

A Kentucky angler, Art Weston, may have set a new IGFA world record when he caught a 7-foot, 153-pound alligator in Texas on the Sam Rayburn Reservoir with the help of an expert guide.

For 150 million years, gars—a group commonly derided as “trash fish”—have mostly stayed the same, a rare consistency not even seen in sharks, a new study says.

“People think it’s an alien, a humanoid,” the Kentucky angler said of the animal before catching a world record alligator gar in Texas.

“People think it’s an alien, a humanoid,” the Kentucky angler said of the animal before catching a world record alligator gar in Texas.