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Thursday, February 26, 2009
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Giant Stingray Caught

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Photograph courtesy Zeb Hogan


National Geographic Emerging Explorer Zeb Hogan found what might be the world's largest freshwater giant stingray in Thailand this month! The giant river ray's body was an incredible 6.6 feet (2 meters) wide by 6.9 feet (2.1) meters long.
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
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White Sturgeon Rebound

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The largest freshwater fish in North America, the white sturgeon, seemed to be headed for extinction in the mid-1990s. Dozens of dead fish washed up on the riverbanks in British Columbia, Canada. Many people banded together to save the white sturgeon and it seems to have worked. Today their population is estimated to be about 50,000.

Read more about the white sturgeon rebound on National Geographic News.

Want more info on Zeb Hogan's Megafishes Project? Visit the gallery.
 

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