A lot of things eat baby birds, and alligators eat most of those things. Birds in the Everglades seem to have noticed this, and nest in trees near alligators. The alligators provide a benefit to the ...

The birds are protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, so the agencies have no plans to kill them outright. In a related action, a series of manmade ponds that lie between the tern colony and the ...