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Critically Endangered Shorttail Nurseshark Found in Mozambique | WCS

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Underwater video surveys collected in 2019 by a team of marine scientists led by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has confirmed that southern Africa’s most threatened endemic shark – the Critically Endangered shorttail nurse shark (Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum) – has been found to occur in Mozambique; a finding that represents a range extension of more than 2,000 kilometers (1,242 miles).

#MapMonday – Habitat Patrol

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Micheal Evans, our Conservation Data Scientist, guest hosts this first #MapMonday of 2021. This episode looks at the Habitat Patrol tool – a free, public web application that lets users run algorithms developed by the Center for Conservation Innovation at Defenders of Wildlife to automatically identify habitat loss using satellite imagery. Check out Habitat Patrol: dfnd.us/habitatpatrol