living creatures

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It’s part of a broader real-estate industry trend to track properties’ surroundings, amid pressure to anticipate how everything from pollutants to window cleaning—and even strong lights—could harm living creatures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

And this doesn’t take into account the heat, radiation, and radioactive fallout that would contaminate living creatures and land for hundreds or thousands of miles around.

From Slate • Jul. 17, 2025

Genes are made up of pieces of DNA which give instructions to a cat's cells, like other living creatures, on how to function.

From BBC • May 15, 2025

These processes all fall under the umbrella of biomineralization, in which living creatures create hard structures from minerals like calcium.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2024

At the same time other materials are being taken away, borrowed for temporary use by living creatures.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson