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Inside a laboratory at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Wildlife Biologist Russ Lowers of InoMedic Health Applications “candles” an alligator egg, shining bright light into the egg to check for a dark band in the center, indicating viability. Kennedy’s Ecological Program studies several facets of alligator health, including nesting. The center shares a boundary with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which encompasses 140,000 acres that provide a habitat for more than 330 species of birds, 31 mammals, 117 fishes, and 65 amphibians and reptiles.