populations

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Los Angeles County alone has more registered voters than the entire populations of 41 states.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

Earlier this year, the California Fish and Game Commission granted threatened species status to six mountain lion populations to try to boost their chances of survival.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

As science continues to study how and why our bodies age, one thing remains certain: We all need better support for our aging populations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The participants were also predominantly health professionals of European ancestry, which means the findings may not apply equally to all populations.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

But if wild populations with variations in genotype keep interbreeding, Dobzhansky knew, a new species would never be formed: a species, after all, is fundamentally defined by its inability to interbreed with another.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee