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species

[spee-sheez, -seez] / ˈspi ʃiz, -siz /


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The cash from the government's Species Survival Fund was spent restoring and protecting the area's plants, insects and birds, with community engagement being central to the scheme.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Species including Homo ergaster, Homo erectus, and Neanderthals likely had increasingly strong right-hand preferences, eventually leading to the extreme dominance seen in modern humans.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

When disease and weather kill cattle at about one thousand times the rate of wolves, struggling ranchers clearly have much bigger concerns than the Endangered Species Act.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

His Turner Endangered Species Fund, launched in June 1997, has worked to save gopher tortoises, monarch butterflies and leopard frogs, working mainly with private landowners.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

Now, sitting in the drawing room, Emma read page after page of The Origin of Species.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman




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