apex

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Meta shares have fallen some 25%, shredding around $500 billion in market value, since their heady apex of nearly $800 a share in August of last year.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

He adds: "We are particularly interested in investigating the environments they colonized and speciated in, especially in ecosystems dominated by large apex predators such as abelisaurids and megaraptorans."

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

After being hunted to extinction a century ago, gray wolves are continuing their remarkable comeback story in California, with state wildlife officials reporting a modern record number of the apex predators.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

Following the re-introduction of the sea eagle, the only other UK apex predator, Scottish farmers reported having to abandon their hill farms after the birds decimated their lamb populations.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

There seemed to be no obstructions and there was room for the head of a swimming animal between the surface of the water and the apex of the arch.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams