habitat
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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
"Based on our results, we recommend focusing on areas where all three species persist together as an indicator of suitable food, or habitat, for future potoroo translocation sites."
From Science Daily • May 20, 2026
"They are all habitats that have been massively depleted so the only way that we are going to that reverse is to improve the habitat and create more of it."
From BBC • May 19, 2026
They came up with what many saw as a long-shot plan: coax the whale into the water-filled hold of a special barge and tow it back to its natural habitat.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
A butterfly floats by outside the treehouse window—orange and black, like the monarchs that hatched in Dr. P’s butterfly habitat when we were younger.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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