Science

Florida barefoot alligator wrangler Mike Dragich, aka "The Blue Collar Brawler," struck again after he recently helped a Jacksonville woman who spotted a large alligator in her yard. He joined Good Day Xtra on Monday to talk about it.

After wrangling the large alligator into a trash can, Mike Dragich safely removes the reptile from the woman's property.

Florida barefoot alligator wrangler Mike Dragich, aka "The Blue Collar Brawler," struck again after he put a pause on his Easter dinner to help a Jacksonville woman who spotted a large alligator in her yard. Dragich was able to safely maneuver the angry gator into a trashcan and away from the home.

SpaceX is planning to launch a Falcon 9 rocket to send supplies to the International Space Station (ISS) tomorrow. The flight will carry thousands of pounds of science investigations and other technology to the crews on board. The launch is expected to take off at 4:15 a.m. Monday.

A new study has found that people, unknowingly or not, did engage in some sort of risky behavior moments before being attacked by an alligator. Researchers from the University of Florida (UF) say humans are largely to blame for swimming in bodies of water known to have gators or for walking dogs along ponds that may contain the reptiles.

The early morning sky will literally be smiling down at you as the planets and the moon align just right to create a celestial smiley face on Friday, April 25. Two planets and the moon will align just right just above the horizon, creating what looks like a two eyes and a mouth. The moon will also be in its thin waning crescent phase, so it will look like a big happy smile.

The Lyrid meteor shower has been a spectacle for star gazers during the month of April for the past 2,700 years. The Lyrid Meteor shower is an annual celestial event that happens thru the month of April when earth passes by a cluster of space rock debris as it makes its way around the sun. When these particles interact with the Earth's atmosphere, they burn up creating streaks of light across the sky. This meteor shower will reach its peak at the beginning of the week, and we will be able to see it here in Central Florida.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is coloring sea turtle eggs. Researchers say the colored eggs are a way to collect data on hatchlings, with the goal being to figure out how to keep the babies alive.