habitat
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"There are bulges, crevasses, all this sort of structure to it that we really had no idea about at a scale smaller than bacteria. This is the first time we're really examining this physical habitat."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
Experts said the decline was largely down to "habitat fragmentation".
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
The Chinese government has established more than 50 panda reserves for conservation, but in the wild the bears continue to face threats of habitat loss and poaching.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026
Take the ice-dependent polar bear, rapidly losing its food-sustaining habitat and having to perilously adapt by nudging further and further into human spaces.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
Unfortunately for the fishermen and the resort dwellers on its shores, its waters have provided an ideal habitat for a small gnat, Chaoborus astictopus.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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Some members of this group have developed an extraordinary way to survive in habitats that periodically dry out.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
More than 430 seagrass shoots have been discovered in the Fowey Estuary, giving conservationists hope that one of the UK's most important marine habitats can be brought back to Cornwall's waters.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
Native to temperate forest habitats in East Asia, the lumbering black-and-white mammals do not typically travel long distances in the wild.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026
These findings challenge the sharp distinction between "forest" and "open habitats" that often guides conservation planning today.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026
While the savannas and mangroves of coastal southern New Guinea are fairly similar to those of northern Australia, other habitats of the hemi-continents differ in almost all major respects.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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