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Emperor penguins rely on stable sea ice to live, hunt and breed and their chicks can perish if they fall in freezing water before developing waterproof feathers.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

This latter stance can breed an idleness that, as we’ve now seen, ensures it may not happen at all.

From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026

In 1994, the New Yorker printed a piece headlined “Hot Pursuit” about this breed of journalists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

One of the main varieties is called Eureka Sunrise, a breed with large, sweet berries developed by Australian company Mountain Blue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

His breed was devised in Tibet for the purpose of guarding monasteries.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

Certain breeds are predisposed to heart or orthopedic issues, for example, that can be expensive to treat.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

The family say they are working alongside the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in a bid to remove "loopholes" from current legislation around banned dog breeds.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

The sanctuary’s mission is to conserve and protect the world’s wild cat populations and, sometimes, in partnership with zoos and other humane wildlife facilities, it breeds certain species.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

The breed has since jumped almost 20 places on the AKC’s most popular breeds list, from 62 to 43.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

As usual they were quarrelling, and being of different breeds they used the Common Speech after their fashion.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Chason Gordon investigates the rise of produce bred for perfection, and argues that there are unintended consequences to making fruit too delicious.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

Two out of five pairs of eagles released by a reintroduction project successfully bred and raised young with one chick fledging from a nest in Dorset and two more in Sussex.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

A younger left, as the statement says at the beginning: “We are people of this generation, bred in at least modest comfort, housed now in universities . . .”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

The mice were then bred for two successive generations.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

GMO corn is not bred the old-fashioned way, by crossing corn plants.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

Record-low Antarctic sea ice in 2022 coincided with the first-ever recorded large-scale breeding failure of emperor penguins, the report said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Despite their slow reputation, the breeding efforts are off to a flying start, Eden said.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

And in that humidity, mosquitoes were breeding — and biting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

The team also compared physical and behavioral characteristics, including coloration, calls, breeding schedules, diet, and feeding behavior.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

For example, quail into whose diet DDT was introduced throughout the breeding season survived and even produced normal numbers of fertile eggs.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson