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 ...

A baby alligator gar turning up in a Mississippi floodplain may sound like a small discovery, but conservationists see it as a major sign of progress. At a former farm called Loch Leven, the gar's ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...