The American Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, is found from east Texas, throughout much of the gulf coast states – including all of Louisiana and Florida – in portions of Missouri, and to the eastern halves of Georgia and both Carolinas; however it is those in Texas that biologist Louise Hayes has been studying since 1985.
Now, working with noted wildlife photographer Phillipe Henry and Texas A&M University Press, she has written Alligators of Texas, a book that seeks to explain what these iconic creatures are, how they live, and how people can co-exist with them in the areas where they are found.
