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habitat

[hab-i-tat] / ˈhæb ɪˌtæt /


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Every year during the breeding season, the volunteers work to help toads cross the busy A525 from their land habitat to their ancestral breeding ground at the reservoir.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

The group hopes to improve the rare habitat by carrying out veteran tree care, glade creation and invasive-species control.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

“To me, we’re wiping out our natural habitat to grow snack food for export,” Staplin said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

The committee’s authority is limited to very uncommon circumstances in which there are no “reasonable and prudent alternatives” that would avoid jeopardizing a listed species or impair a species’ critical habitat.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

The villages form a ring of human settlement around the volcano, and the ring is steadily closing around the forest on its slopes, a noose that is strangling the wild habitat of the mountain.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston




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