Anglers interested in hooking into an epic-sized trophy fish can apply for a 2026 alligator gar trophy tag from now until the end of 2025. Many Arkansas anglers travel all the way to the Gulf of ...

The Texas Standard is excited to start sharing the Beachchombing Report from Jace Tunnell, Director of Community Engagement ...

Alligator gar and their direct ancestors have been around for at least 100 million years. They look their age. That long, cylindrical, olive-white body is covered with an armor of thick, ...

The Mississippi River hides a diverse array of elusive wildlife beneath its muddy waters, including bowfins, hellbenders, ...

LIVINGSTON, Texas — "Sharing what was my most challenging catch of my life," Art Weston wrote on Facebook after landing a massive alligator gar in Lake Livingston. The 7-foot-3-inch behemoth weighed ...

The Mississippi River floodplains are home to one of Earth’s most impressive river monsters: the alligator gar. Known to science as Atractosteus spatula, it is the largest of the gar species alive ...

Alligator gar are often called “living fossils,” and for good reason. They’ve been around for more than 100 million years, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... This week’s beachcombing turned up something unusual, a five-foot alligator gar ...