breeding
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Today, the island is also home to 200 sheep and around 30,000 breeding pairs of Manx shearwater birds.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
The fish has proved stubbornly unwilling to reproduce in captivity without intervention, but Japanese researchers succeeded in breeding Japanese eels from eggs in a laboratory setting in 2010 at great expense.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
This idea suggests that humpback whales from different breeding populations may occasionally meet in shared Antarctic feeding areas.
From Science Daily • May 20, 2026
Colbert responded humorously about a ‘captive breeding program’ for the Jimmys.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
We know, too, that the antimosquito breeding campaigns in Cuba and Panama were very effective in halting the infections and that massive insecticide campaigns can control the populations of Aedes aegypti.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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Growth, Development and Reproduction of Organisms - Middle School
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