an American alligator swimming in Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida
American coots taking off from water, Florida
a bobcat in the Wakodahatchee Wetlands near Delray Beach, Florida
a white-tailed deer in a slash pine forest in Highlands Hammock State Park, Florida
a Florida black bear
a manatee swimming at Crystal River, Florida
two flamingos feeding at Flamingo Gardens, Florida
a raccoon wading through the swamp at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
a Florida panther
three bottlenose dolphins swimming off Sanibel Island, Florida
an Atlantic ghost crab casting a large shadow on a beach at low tide
a freshwater turtle coming up for air at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve in St. Petersburg, Florida
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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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