forage

Simply knowing a predator is nearby can alter where animals travel, when they are active, and how they forage, creating effects that spread throughout an ecosystem.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 28, 2026

A camera trap in Tasmania originally set to photograph quolls captured a possum mother and joey passing nightly to forage.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

It enabled our ancestors to forage for food and water during the hottest period of the day, with sweat to keep them from overheating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026

Species that feed on invertebrates, forage along the bottom, or rely on ambush strategies to catch prey also showed higher rates of contamination compared with other fish.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 3, 2026

My plan was to forage fruit, for a tart, from one of the many fruit trees lining the streets in Berkeley.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

Chef Mo, who owns a tiny hole-in-the-wall eatery in Jeonju, forages her own mushrooms on the mountainside, grows produce in her backyard and makes most of her laborious, time-intensive dishes from scratch.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2025

The land he forages straddles the Muscogee Nation and the Cherokee Nation, and he’s thinking of his elisi — grandmother in Cherokee — who taught him how to pick and cook wild onions.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2024

Rayan Ait-Nouri forages forward from left back for Wolves, reaching the box and managing to get a shot away.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2024

While one bird protects the chicks—usually two—the partner forages at sea.

From National Geographic ● Nov. 30, 2023

Emma didn’t mind his experiments with her flowers or his forages into her sewing box for threads to use in his experiments.

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

Three people were recently hospitalized after eating poisonous wild mushrooms foraged in California wine country amid an unprecedented outbreak of illness and deaths linked to the practice statewide, health officials in Napa County announced.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026

Their diet centered on smaller marine mammals including harbor seals and harbor porpoises, and they usually traveled and foraged in groups of about five.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2025

“With these foraged apples, you can sprinkle that in to add complexity.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

Admitting she had foraged wild mushrooms, as many locals in the area do, wouldn't have set off alarm bells.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2025

Wayne Nashend foraged for ammo just feet from my hiding place.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

It also serves as a winter foraging site for Cook Inlet beluga whales, whose numbers have dropped to around 300.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Honeybees regularly visit these same areas while collecting nectar and pollen, raising questions about what happens when they are exposed to weedkillers during their daily foraging.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

The species at one time bred along the Exmoor coastline, which continues to provide ideal foraging, including an abundance of fish, and breeding habitat for the birds.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

The nonprofit has long maintained that the land — reportedly the last undeveloped sliver of Big Bear Lake’s shoreline — represents critical foraging habitat for the eagles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

The game disappeared, taking shelter from the rain, and the men began foraging for whatever they could find: blood-drop berries, hard-shelled nuts, flightless birds with white-and-gray wings.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee