South Carolina alligators are turning orange due to clay-rich soil and rusty pipes. Photographer Dan Krieger captured the viral phenomenon, which experts link to brumation, a reptilian winter dormancy ...

The affected alligators are currently emerging from brumation - similar to hibernation in mammals - and over the past few months, these factors have led them to appear orange to onlookers.

In Little River, South Carolina, a peculiar sight surprised photographer Dan Krieger. While sipping coffee on his porch, he noticed what seemed like a burnt log — but it moved. It was an alligator, ...

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 ...

The Little River alligator Krieger affectionately dubbed “Gary” isn’t the only South Carolina animal seen donning an unusually bright coat this time of year. The strange coloring is a result ...

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 ...

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 ...