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An American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) attempting to catch a raccoon (Procyon lotor) on a bait station in southwest Florida. Image credit: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Breeding Birds and Alligators Help Each Other in Everglades, Say Researchers

Mar 3, 2016 by News Staff

Long-legged wading birds that nest above resident American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) for protection from mammalian nest predators may also...