populations

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Populations shrink or grow based on three factors: domestic migration, international migration, and the difference between births and deaths.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Populations of Chinook salmon, steelhead trout, Delta smelt and other species have been declining in recent years.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

Populations of large animals have been pushed into fragmented and suboptimal habitat ranges due to over hunting and human land-use change.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2024

Populations of the northern spotted owl, a subspecies native to the Pacific Northwest, have declined by as much as 80 percent over the past two decades.

From New York Times • May 6, 2024

Populations are kept in check by something the ecologists call the resistance of the environment, and this has been so since the first life was created.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson