The reptiles slow their bodies to survive freezing temperatures.

Because alligators are ectothermic, they have to rely on external sources of heat to regulate their body temperature.

Alligators may not like freezing temperatures either, but they have been coping with the cold far longer than we have. On ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With winter temperatures setting in, more alligators have left local ponds and rivers and are out sunning themselves, which could ...

LITTLE RIVER, S.C. – Emerging from a cold body of water after brumation, the alligators in South Carolina look like a powdered cheese snack baking in the sun. Photographer Dan Krieger was enjoying a ...