Boston Harbor islands: Cities and wildlife can coexist
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Observations during the trip on a boat with bird watchers of the Boston Harbor when peregrine falcons are living in the shadows of Boston's skyscrapers are narrated. Many wild creatures that share the urban landscape and city's most visible landmarks the Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant were seen.
Publication Name: Wildlife Conservation
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1048-4949
Year: 2006
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Spying on great white sharks: to better protect them
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A favored destination on the Western Cape coast of South Africa for sighting great white sharks is Gansbaai, because the sharks can be observed very close to the shore. Since white sharks grow and reproduce slowly, the decline in their numbers puts them at a risk of extinction
Publication Name: Wildlife Conservation
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1048-4949
Year: 2004
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