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breeding

[bree-ding] / ˈbri dɪŋ /


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Experts say the northward expansion of this pest is aided by warmer winters, and the U.S. is seeking to contain it with an industrial-scale sterile-fly breeding program.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

The genetic profiling revealed that female belugas regularly switch mates across breeding seasons, also over a long reproductive life.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

As a result, they predicted that females might reproduce with multiple males across different breeding seasons.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

Beagan said this nesting bird was particularly exciting as it is the "first record we have had of headstarting curlew being back on breeding grounds and potentially breeding".

From BBC • May 31, 2026

For example, the San Diego and Los Angeles zoos are now subjecting the last surviving California condors to a more draconian control of breeding than that imposed upon any domesticated species.

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




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