A 9-foot alligator was rescued from Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park after a bungee cord was found wrapped around its jaw. The alligator, now named Bungee, was relocated to Gatorland in Orlando for ...

An application for a controversial development along the edge of Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park has been withdrawn.

Alligator with bungee cord wrapped around jaws rescued at Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park The alligator was taken to Gatorland in Orlando where the bungee cord was removed by Dr. James Bogan.

Under a green canopy of trees laden with Spanish moss on an afternoon in June, David Jones was showing park rangers and staffers at Paynes Prairie State Park how to use the EcoRover — an all-terrain ...