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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- An alligator lounges in the water off Schwartz Road at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Alligators can be spotted in the drainage canals and other waterways surrounding the space center. The center coexists with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which encompasses 140,000 acres. The refuge comprises a wide variety of habitats, including coastal dunes, saltwater estuaries and marshes, freshwater impoundments, scrub, pine flatwoods, and hardwood hammocks. These habitats provide sanctuary for more than 1,500 species of plants and animals, including more than 330 species of birds, 31 mammals, 117 fishes, and 65 amphibians and reptiles. For additional information about the refuge, visit http://www.fws.gov/merrittisland. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper KSC-2014-2524

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –– On NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, an alligator rests on the bank of a canal. Alligators can be spotted in the drainage canals and other waters surrounding Kennedy. In Spring, they frequently roam, searching for mates. The center shares a boundary with the Merritt Island Wildlife Nature Refuge, which is a habitat for more than 310 species of birds, 25 mammals, 117 fishes and 65 amphibians and reptiles. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis KSC-2009-2865

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A thick-bodied alligator moves through shallow water behind the NASA News Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A protected species, alligators can be spotted in the drainage canals and other waters surrounding Kennedy. The center shares a boundary with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge that includes saltwater estuaries, brackish marshes, hardwood hammocks and pine flatwoods. The diverse landscape provides habitat for more than 310 species of birds, 25 mammals, 117 fishes and 65 amphibians and reptiles. Photo credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky KSC-2009-2602

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Alligators bask in the warm sun on the banks of the Launch Complex 39 turn basin at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Cool weather frequently brings the gators out of the water. A protected species, alligators can be spotted in the drainage canals and other waters surrounding Kennedy. The center shares a boundary with the Merritt Island Wildlife Nature Refuge, which is a habitat for more than 310 species of birds, 25 mammals, 117 fishes and 65 amphibians and reptiles. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-08pd3863

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A baby alligator takes a dip in a canal near the north gate on NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A typical, adult American alligator will reach a weight of 790 pounds and 13 feet in length. The center coexists with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which encompasses 140,000 acres. The refuge comprises a wide variety of habitats, including coastal dunes, saltwater estuaries and marshes, freshwater impoundments, scrub, pine flatwoods, and hardwood hammocks. These habitats provide sanctuary for more than 1,500 species of plants and animals, including more than 330 species of birds, 31 mammals, 117 fishes, and 65 amphibians and reptiles. For additional information about the refuge, visit http://www.fws.gov/merrittisland. Photo credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky KSC-2014-2532

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- An alligator ambles across Saturn Causeway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida near the Vehicle Assembly Building. Alligators can be spotted in the drainage canals and other waters surrounding KSC and occasionally venture onto roads seeking new environs or mates. The center shares a boundary with the Merritt Island Wildlife Nature Refuge, which is a habitat for more than 310 species of birds, 25 mammals, 117 fishes and 65 amphibians and reptiles. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-2011-2815

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A baby alligator suns himself on the bank of a canal near the north gate on NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A typical, adult American alligator will reach a weight of 790 pounds and 13 feet in length. The center coexists with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which encompasses 140,000 acres. The refuge comprises a wide variety of habitats, including coastal dunes, saltwater estuaries and marshes, freshwater impoundments, scrub, pine flatwoods, and hardwood hammocks. These habitats provide sanctuary for more than 1,500 species of plants and animals, including more than 330 species of birds, 31 mammals, 117 fishes, and 65 amphibians and reptiles. For additional information about the refuge, visit http://www.fws.gov/merrittisland. Photo credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky KSC-2014-2533

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –– Who is watching whom, as this alligator appears to stare into the camera (at a safe distance away) from its watery site. Alligators can be spotted in the drainage canals and other waters surrounding Kennedy. The center shares a boundary with the Merritt Island Wildlife Nature Refuge, which is a habitat for more than 310 species of birds, 25 mammals, 117 fishes and 65 amphibians and reptiles. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis KSC-2009-2868

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - An alligator looks warily at the photographer who's spotted the familiar head in a drainage canal on NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A protected species, alligators can be spotted in the drainage canals and other waters surrounding KSC. The center shares a boundary with the Merritt Island Wildlife Nature Refuge, which is a habitat for more than 310 species of birds, 25 mammals, 117 fishes and 65 amphibians and reptiles. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis KSC-08pd3159

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A large alligator appears to smile as it rests in marsh grass at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Alligators can be spotted in the drainage canals and other waters surrounding Kennedy. The center shares a boundary with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, consisting of 140,000 acres. The refuge provides a wide variety of habitats -- coastal dunes, saltwater estuaries and marshes, freshwater impoundments, scrub, pine flatwoods, and hardwood hammocks -- that provide sanctuary for more than 1,500 species of plants and animals, including about 331 species of birds. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2011-8329

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A large alligator appears to smile as it rests in marsh grass at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Alligators can be spotted in the drainage canals and other waters surrounding Kennedy. The center shares a boundary with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, consisting of 140,000 acres. The refuge provides a wide variety of habitats -- coastal dunes, saltwater estuaries and marshes, freshwater impoundments, scrub, pine flatwoods, and hardwood hammocks -- that provide sanctuary for more than 1,500 species of plants and animals, including about 331 species of birds. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann

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Gator Alley at the D'Olive Boardwalk Park in Daphne, Alabama, is filled with alligators sunbathing in the spring warmth

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Alligator in the "Blue Hole" pond: Big Pine Key, Florida

Artwork: Prisoners of War Art - Vietnam, camp of detention for U.S. pilots captured in Vietnam - untitled (family at sanctuary door) Artist: LT Ronald M. Mastin

Hurricane/Tropical Storm - Deslisle, Miss. , February 19, 2009 --A wetland area in Deslisle is shown free from debris and marsh grass has begun to regrow. This contrasts with the scene from an October 2007 photo that showed the wooded area littered with debris. FEMA funded the restoration of the area. Jennifer Smits/FEMA.

Alligators by the hundreds are the featured attraction at Alligator Adventure, a fourteen-acre theme park of sorts that calls itself the "Reptile Capital of the World" in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. But the toothy beasts have company from some tamer specimens, such as this owl

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Aquatic biologists Eric Reyier, left, and Doug Scheidt with Innovative Health Applications, or IHA, prepare for a field-guided boat tour of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. As part of the center's first-ever Innovation Expo, the tour, called "Living Outdoor Laboratory for Environmental Sustainability," is giving employees the opportunity to see the unique estuarine ecosystems that are protected from development by the presence of Kennedy and the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. The diverse and healthy area encompassing about 140,000 acres of central Florida's east coast has been closed to the public for 50 years, allowing the coastal dunes, saltwater estuaries and marshes, freshwater impoundments, scrub, pine flatwoods, and hardwood hammocks to provide habitats for more than 1,000 species of plants and animals. Innovation Expo is showcasing the innovative work taking place throughout the center's facilities and labs to encourage employees to work together to solve future challenges. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA KSC-2012-4845

Military Photographer of the Year Winner 1997 Title: Suzanne's Sanctuary Category: Picture Story Place: Honorable Mention Exact Date Shot Unknown Caption: Suzanne Pavlat, 8, has spent most of her young life fighting cancer. Her ordeal began when she was 3 1/2 years old. Lethargic, loosing weight and feeling pains in her legs, she was immediately put on chemotherapy treatment after she was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a disease in which cancer cells are found in certain nerve cells in the body. "As the only child, we baby her. She's very active. She's in church choir and Girl Scouts. Last year she sold the most Girl Scout cookies in the neighborhood", her mom Barbara said. She's ...

Scene from Sanctuary, A Bird Masque, by Percy MacKaye, in rehearsal for first performance at the Meriden Bird Club sanctuary dedication in New Hampshire

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