Marine Biology Content / Marine Biology Content for en Shark Park /climate/news/shark-park <p>North America’s biggest marine protected area — Mexico’s Revillagigedo National Park — may have been nearly seven times smaller if not for shark-tracking data collected by researchers and alumni from the University of California, Davis.</p> <p>The park, known as the “Galapagos of North America,” protects more than 57,000 square miles around the Revillagigedo Archipelago, a UNESCO World Heritage site composed of a string of four volcanic islands about 300 miles southwest of the Baja Peninsula.</p> July 19, 2018 - 4:28pm Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/shark-park