Communities are working to remove the river’s dams, restoring habitat for fish and other wildlife.
51 Years Later, the Cuyahoga River Burns Again|Wes Siler|August 28, 2020|Outside Online
Environmental advocates argue that fossil fuel production in ANWR will add to this process, damaging habitat and impacting the Indigenous people who rely on the wildlife for subsistence.
The Trump administration opened the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil companies—but none may bite|By Scott L. Montgomery/The Conversation|August 26, 2020|Popular Science
Over the past few months, with fewer vessels crisscrossing the seas, aquatic animals have reveled in their habitat.
Is Maritime Piracy Back from the Dead?|Eromo Egbejule|August 25, 2020|Ozy
Most of this is to better understand the ecology of bears and other carnivores, to make sure we are protecting the habitats that are truly best for them.
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Other research has shown that leopards have lost about three-fourths of their historic habitat.
Leopards Are Indeed Changing Their Spots|Eromo Egbejule|August 14, 2020|Ozy
This means a decline in habitat quality for grazers like bison and elk, whose winter-killed carcasses grizzlies feed upon.
What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He volunteers, with leadership and labor, for Habitat for Humanity, and he relentlessly and tirelessly writes.
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The habitat requirements of elk and their speed of migration are probably the same today as at the end of the Pleistocene.
Incontrovertible Evidence Proves the First Americans Came From Asia|Doug Peacock|March 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“You try to find some other habitat for the snakes and they all will die,” Tittel added.
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Prior to joining the Obama administration, she was the chief executive officer of the Habitat Company.
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Associated with this diversity of habitat is great variety in general form and manner of growth.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1|Various
The habitat consisted mainly of short riffles, with average depth of four inches, and pools to depths of two feet.
Five Natural Hybrid Combinations in Minnows (Cyprinidae)|Frank B. Cross
They are all smallish animals, and are modified to a great variety of habit and habitat.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia|Frank Evers Beddard
The recorded species of Pluteus have their habitat on tree stumps, sawdust, or upon fallen timber.
Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous|Thomas Taylor
The Dendrobe was found once more, which is not at all surprising when its habitat had been discovered.
The Woodlands Orchids|Frederick Boyle
British Dictionary definitions for habitat
habitat
/ (ˈhæbɪˌtæt) /
noun
the environment in which an animal or plant normally lives or grows
the place in which a person, group, class, etc, is normally found
Word Origin for habitat
C18: from Latin: it inhabits, from habitāre to dwell, from habēre to have
Take A Zoo Word Trip With Dictionary.com And The Houston ZooFrom habitat to pachyderm, these words will help kids of all ages understand more about the plants, animals, and environments they see represented at the zoo. See if you can find an exhibit that gives you an example of each one!
The area or natural environment in which an organism or population normally lives. A habitat is made up of physical factors such as soil, moisture, range of temperature, and availability of light as well as biotic factors such as the availability of food and the presence of predators. A habitat is not necessarily a geographic area-for a parasitic organism it is the body of its host or even a cell within the host's body.