breeding

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Flowers are things of beauty to humans, but don’t forget they are food, breeding and mating sources for smaller creatures.

From Los Angeles Times

Under the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017, it is an offence to deliberately capture, injure, kill or disturb beavers, or damage or destroy their breeding or resting places, without a licence.

From BBC

Hertfordshire Zoo says the successful breeding programme is a "significant victory for the wider zoological community, with only a handful of black and rufous sengi currently residing in the UK".

From BBC

The research also suggests that birds that begin breeding earlier in the season may avoid many of the harmful effects linked to these weather extremes.

From Science Daily

Finding younger sharks could indicate that breeding is still taking place somewhere in the Mediterranean, an idea that researchers are eager to investigate further.

From Science Daily