habitat

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But as our nature is classed amongst the most depleted in the world, with one in six species at risk of extinction, discovering a control on habitat destruction is a cause for hope.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

It was reseeded and grown over by lush grass, and by 1997 an ideal habitat was created for the first of Mr. Moore’s exemplars, the elk.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

They say wild animals shouldn’t be taken out of their natural habitat; capybaras love water, mud, and grass, and it’s cruel to take them away from it.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

Salmon numbers have declined due to dams, which have blocked off their spawning areas; the loss of floodplain habitat; and global warming, which is intensifying drought and heating rivers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

As one moves along a north-south axis, one traverses zones differing greatly in climate, habitat, rainfall, day length, and diseases of crops and livestock.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond