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forage

[fawr-ij, for-] / ˈfɔr ɪdʒ, ˈfɒr- /


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Simply knowing a predator is nearby can alter where animals travel, when they are active, and how they forage, creating effects that spread throughout an ecosystem.

From Science Daily Jun. 28, 2026

A relief even if prices were high, says Ludmilla, as people have had to forage for food in the abandoned homes of neighbours.

From BBC May 6, 2026

The surrogate teaches the pup to groom, forage, and behave like a wild otter, Long said.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 29, 2026

A camera trap in Tasmania originally set to photograph quolls captured a possum mother and joey passing nightly to forage.

From BBC Mar. 25, 2026

Others were edging out into the pastures alongside the road looking for forage.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

We were planning adventures, date nights and what we would cook with our forages from the farmers’ market.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2026

Chef Mo, who owns a tiny hole-in-the-wall eatery in Jeonju, forages her own mushrooms on the mountainside, grows produce in her backyard and makes most of her laborious, time-intensive dishes from scratch.

From Salon Oct. 26, 2025

Ms Avery says she uses the ingredients she forages as inspiration for her products at L.A.

From BBC Oct. 27, 2024

A curious sea otter pup peeks out from behind a column of kelp while it forages for crabs or snails off California’s Monterey Bay.

From National Geographic Nov. 14, 2023

Emma didn’t mind his experiments with her flowers or his forages into her sewing box for threads to use in his experiments.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

She said they were important to island ecosystems as they dropped seeds as they foraged, helping forest regeneration, and were a key indicator species for overall ecosystem health.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

Savannah and her mother joked about the javelinas, the piglike animals that foraged through the family’s trash cans at night.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

Three people were recently hospitalized after eating poisonous wild mushrooms foraged in California wine country amid an unprecedented outbreak of illness and deaths linked to the practice statewide, health officials in Napa County announced.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2026

Six bumble bee colonies foraged in a shared arena where they could approach feeders that either had ants nearby or had no ants at all.

From Science Daily Nov. 13, 2025

Beside him, Two Step foraged through the saddlebags for more fire equipment they could use as projectiles.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

This, he contends, is more aligned with the foraging behavior of our ancestors, who were flexible and sought the best of what was available.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

A Virginia Tech study found that glyphosate, a widely used herbicide, can interfere with honeybee foraging and may undermine the long-term stability of colonies.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

The species at one time bred along the Exmoor coastline, which continues to provide ideal foraging, including an abundance of fish, and breeding habitat for the birds.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

The nonprofit has long maintained that the land — reportedly the last undeveloped sliver of Big Bear Lake’s shoreline — represents critical foraging habitat for the eagles.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

It must be that they have learned to understand human dumps—where they spend a great deal of time foraging.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen




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