More Videos

How NC alligators behave when their swamp is frozen over 2:02

How NC alligators behave when their swamp is frozen over

Pause
One person killed in Carolina Beach condo fire 1:03

One person killed in Carolina Beach condo fire

How warm will it get? Watch the ABC11 weather forecast. 2:31

How warm will it get? Watch the ABC11 weather forecast.

Stranger Things 2 2:42

Stranger Things 2

The gift of a safe family arrives on Christmas night 2:40

The gift of a safe family arrives on Christmas night

So You Think You Can Dance joined Bitty & Beau's baristas for the ultimate dance party! 0:47

So You Think You Can Dance joined Bitty & Beau's baristas for the ultimate dance party!

Despite the cold, ‘Class Size Chaos’ Rally draws hundreds 3:22

Despite the cold, ‘Class Size Chaos’ Rally draws hundreds

Great White shark caught and released off Hilton Head, SC 1:19

Great White shark caught and released off Hilton Head, SC

'Hamilton' coming to DPAC in 2018 0:53

'Hamilton' coming to DPAC in 2018

See why NC NAACP leader says 'Integration (may not) have been a good thing' 2:01

See why NC NAACP leader says 'Integration (may not) have been a good thing'

  • Here’s why these Wake parents are picking public school for their rising kindergartners

    Parent Amanda Pearce talks about sending her daughter Grace Turner Pearce to kindergarten and why she and her husband are choosing public school instead of private or charter school for Grace Turner.

Here’s why these Wake parents are picking public school for their rising kindergartners

Parent Amanda Pearce talks about sending her daughter Grace Turner Pearce to kindergarten and why she and her husband are choosing public school instead of private or charter school for Grace Turner.
Pressley Baird pbaird@newsobserver.com
How NC alligators behave when their swamp is frozen over

Local

How NC alligators behave when their swamp is frozen over

A North Carolina “swamp park” has posted a video explaining how alligators survive in a frozen pond and it’s both creepy and bizarre. The cold-blooded devils essentially allow themselves to be frozen in place, with their noses just above the surface, according to a video posted on Facebook by Shallotte River Swamp Park.

Greetings from snowy Wrightsville Beach

Weather

Greetings from snowy Wrightsville Beach

The folks at Ancient Arbor Productions captured this dramatic drone video of snowy Wrightsville Beach, NC following this week's winter storm that dumped several inches of snow on the beach town.

Scenes from the frozen NC Outer Banks

Weather

Scenes from the frozen NC Outer Banks

The North Carolina Outer Banks received some rare snow this week when a massive storm moved north along the Atlantic seaboard. Photojournalist Chuck Liddy captured some of the frigid scenes from the ground and from the air via a drone.

Snow Day in the Triangle

Weather

Snow Day in the Triangle

Photojournalist Julia Wall captures some of the fun and scenes of a snowy day in the Triangle after a winter storm moved through the area January 4, 2018.