<p><br> An American alligator swims in the murky waters of Florida's <a href="http://www.nps.gov/bicy/index.htm" target="_blank">Big Cypress National Preserve</a>. Alligators are vital to the health of wetland ecosystems in both Big Cypress and neighboring <a href="http://www.nps.gov/ever/index.htm" target="_blank">Everglades National Park</a>.</p>

American Alligator


An American alligator swims in the murky waters of Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve. Alligators are vital to the health of wetland ecosystems in both Big Cypress and neighboring Everglades National Park.

Photograph by Doug Perrine, Nature Picture Library/Corbis

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