Protection Measures Needed for Nature’s Undertakers
Thanks to the efforts this year of third-graders at St. Michael’s Country Day School in Newport, who helped get the American burying beetle named Rhode Island’s state insect, more awareness has been raised for its protection. The orange-spotted insect is on the brink of extinction.
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Some Great Sharks are Enjoying Cape and Islands
There are 40 tagged white sharks that regularly swim in the waters off Cape Cod, according to Massachusetts shark expert Greg Skomal. Last summer, he and this research team identified 68 individual great white sharks off the coast of Massachusetts.
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