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forest

[fawr-ist, for-] / ˈfɔr ɪst, ˈfɒr- /


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Males typically call from leaves on shrubs and bromeliads several meters above the forest floor.

From Science Daily Sep. 5, 2026

Bhutan, with its commitment to maintain forest across 60 percent of its territory and net-negative carbon emissions, offers potential lessons for more environmentally friendly practices, but is also facing challenges.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

We would sneak through the forest, to Highway 51.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Last year, without El Niño, forest fires in Indonesia torched a 359,000-hectare area, says Professor Bambang Hero Saharjo, a forest fire forensics expert from Institut Pertanian Bogor University.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

But once we were walking on again through the forest we soon fell silent and thoughtful.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

The frog lives in the forests of the Ecuadorian Chocó and southern Colombia, a region considered especially important for biodiversity conservation.

From Science Daily Sep. 5, 2026

"This shows that fires not only destroy forests but also deprive animals of shelter and food," Argitoe said.

From Barron's Sep. 5, 2026

These days, hikers flock to the island’s mangrove forests and divers to its coral reefs, teeming with turtles and pufferfish.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

The urban-wildland interface — where human development intermingles with wild places such as scrublands, grasslands and forests — is the fastest-growing land-use type in the United States.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

But when you’re in the sky at night, fields and forests and villages all look the same: dark.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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