population
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Umit, a female Amur tiger, has been released to Kazakhstan's Ile-Balkhash Nature Reserve as part of a programme to restore the animal's population, which was wiped out in central Asia a century ago.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Earlier population studies found that exposure to polluted air was associated with a greater likelihood of developing RA.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
It’s one reason the state’s population has surged over the last couple of decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
This company from Denmark, a country with a population of about 6 million, had again become the biggest company in Europe by market capitalization.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
The ultimate goal of any reintroduction program is to create a self-sustaining population in the wild—a species that can survive and breed completely on its own, with no human intervention.
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
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The company said it expects to have mFlusiva available for eligible populations in the U.S. for the 2026-27 season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Work will begin in the autumn to create new wetland areas that will support bats, newts, kingfishers and internationally important populations of wading birds and waterfowl.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Faraji, its director, told me that besides the program’s bicycle brigade and backyard fish program, which help keep mosquito populations down, his team also sets hundreds of mosquito traps across the city.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
This could help explain its prevalence in Risaralda, Chocó and Valle del Cauca, neighbouring departments that either are home to, or border, large Afro-Colombian populations.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
The nonprofit Pew Charitable Trusts reports that prison populations in at least ten states are expected to increase by 25 percent or more between 2006 and 2011.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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