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The Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek site in Canada and the United States was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1979. The sites protected areas along the boundary of Canada and the United States of America are the larg
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Kluane/Wrangell-St Elias/Glacier Bay/Tashenshini-Alsek, Canada & the United States

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The coral reefs of Ujung Kulon National Park in Indonesia, a World Heritage site, are dominated by a small number of coral species and support some of the richest fish fauna in the Indonesian archipelago.
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Ujung Kulon National Park, Indonesia

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The Macquarie Island site in Australia was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1997. The island is the exposed crest of the undersea Macquarie oceanic ridge, raised to its present position where the Indo-Australian tectonic plate meets the Pacific p
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Macquarie Island, Australia

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The Cocos Island National Park site in Costa Rica was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1997. Cocos Island's position as the first point of contact with the northern equatorial counter-current and the myriad interactions between the island and the su
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Cocos Island National Park, Costa Rica

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The Galapagos Islands site in Ecuador was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1978. Located in the equatorial Pacific Ocean nearly 1000 km from South America, the Galapagos Islands and the surrounding marine reserve are a unique "living museum and show
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Sally Lightfood Crab, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

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The High Coast in Sweden and the Kvarken Archipelago in Finland were inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2000. The High Coast and the 5,600 islands of the archipelago have been shaped by the combined processes of glaciation, glacial retreat, and the em
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High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago, Sweden & Finland

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The Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve site in France was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1983. The site's vegetation is an outstanding example of scrubland. Seagulls, cormorants, and sea eagles can be found here, while the clear waters, with their islets and inaccessible caves, host a rich and diverse marine life.
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Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve, France

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Hawaiian monk seal comes ashore
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Red Listed: Study Finds One-Fifth of World's Vertebrates Are at Risk

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The fluorescent shortnose greeneye fish.
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A Shortnose Greeneye Fish Aglow

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Giant Isopod from the Gulf of Mexico
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Giant Isopod

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Blackdevil fish are quintessential monsters from the deep. The female lurks in the dark, drawing in prey with her glowing lure, while the male attaches to her like a blood-sucking parasite.
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Blackdevil Fish

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With seven pairs of legs, nine eyes, and shells the shape of flying saucers, horseshoe crabs look like aliens from the deep.
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Horseshoe Crab from Thailand

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