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Indonesia protects 'walking sharks.' Are other sharks next?
By Mary Kate McCoy
April 19, 2023
The Indonesian government has granted six species of threatened “walking sharks” the highest level of protection — a move experts hope will lead to the conservation of other sharks, whose numbers have plummeted due largely to the shark fin trade.
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Spider sleepovers, shark sightings and other spooky tales from the field
By Kiley Price
October 31, 2019
Are your eyes deceiving you — or is that spot on the wall crawling toward you? In honor of Halloween, Conservation International staff share some wild encounters with the natural world that still give them goosebumps.
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Field notes, Halloween edition: 6 of our scariest moments
By Leah Duran
October 31, 2017
To celebrate Halloween, Human Nature asked CI staff to describe their most spine-tingling experiences in nature.
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