Sergio Candido is the managing editor for the South region at cbsnews.com, coordinating multiplatform news coverage for CBS Miami, CBS Texas and CBS Atlanta. He previously worked for outlets including ...

A hiker in southwest Florida was attacked by an alligator, leaving her with multiple injuries, according to state wildlife officials. It happened Sunday, Aug. 17, in Collier County and details of the ...

A man had part of his arm amputated after he was bit by an alligator while swimming early Sunday in a Seminole County lake, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The ...

MOORE HAVEN, Fla. — An alligator at least 10 feet long lunged at a teenager swimming in a river and bit off the boy's right arm below the elbow, state wildlife officials said Tuesday. Kaleb Langdale, ...

A woman in waist-deep water was trapped in an alligator’s jaws and pulled underwater in the South Fork of the St. Lucie River in Florida, according to investigators. She suffered injuries to her hand ...