habitat

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But as our nature is classed amongst the most depleted in the world, with one in six species at risk of extinction, discovering a control on habitat destruction is a cause for hope.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

A victim of government-sanctioned culling, trigger-happy farmers and rising road traffic, by 2002 the Iberian lynx was on the verge of extinction, with just 94 cats left in their natural habitat.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

The influencer was fined about $3,400, but he convinced a judge to order Ibama to release Filó back to her habitat in the rainforest near the influencer’s house.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

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

In the initial six years following this policy change, the forest cover increased by 5 percent—a marked improvement for the habitat and thus for panda survival that hopefully will only increase.

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh