One reason is that overfishing of sharks and related fish has reduced the size of some shark populations.

VOA: special.2009.06.16

The island now measures four hundred sixty-one hectares, about the same size as in the eighteen eighties.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

Astronomers say it was probably less than one kilometer in size too small to see from Earth.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

But the Osborne One was about the size of a sewing machine and weighed twenty-four pounds.

VOA: special.2011.02.15

He says one of the important things to consider is the size of a school.

VOA: special.2009.12.03

And they required this size piece, so that was the one I created."

VOA: special.2009.11.04

But the creature you are imagining is only one-hundredth of T.Rex's size.

VOA: special.2009.10.13

"A one-size-fits-all approach would have put small farmers and ranchers out of business or prevented them from providing locally produced, healthy fresh food to consumers who want it."

VOA: special.2011.01.11

This is about one-fourth the size of the human genome.

VOA: special.2009.11.03

Still,opponents of national standards call them "one-size-fits-all."

VOA: special.2011.06.09

But,she said,the crew was cutting only a 30-meter firebreak, one-third the size ordered nationwide last week by Prime Minister Putin.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

Jerri Roush says the size of this USA House is smaller than the one they had in Beijing for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

VOA: standard.2010.02.21