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After A 30-Year Absence, Basking Sharks Spotted Off California Coast

NPR
Published May 8, 2019 at 11:52 AM CDT
A basking shark photographed off the Atlantic coast in 2013. The species appears to be making a comeback off the coast of California. (Green Fire Productions/Wikimedia Commons)
A basking shark photographed off the Atlantic coast in 2013. The species appears to be making a comeback off the coast of California. (Green Fire Productions/Wikimedia Commons)

The basking shark appears to be making a comeback off the coast of California. Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd talks with marine biologist Heidi Dewar about the elusive species.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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