wildlife
undomesticated animals living in the wild, including those hunted for food, sport, or profit.
of, for, or abounding in wildlife: a wildlife preserve.
Origin of wildlife
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If it doesn’t, you should report the animal to your local wildlife control agency.
Are coyotes moving into your neighborhood? | Kathryn Hulick | September 3, 2020 | Science News For Students“Winter sea ice in this region serves as a critical habitat for unique marine wildlife like Pacific walrus and kittiwakes,” Gaglioti says.
Bering Sea winter ice shrank to its lowest level in 5,500 years in 2018 | Carolyn Gramling | September 3, 2020 | Science NewsIn my view, this contested area will have far more meaning and value as a wildlife refuge in a warming world that is starting to seriously move away from hydrocarbon energy.
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-ScienceEverywhere we looked — home gardens, parks, agricultural lands, wildlife refuges — pesticides were present.
Pesticides contaminate most food of western U.S. monarchs | Rebecca E. Hirsch | August 17, 2020 | Science News For StudentsA phenomenon known in wildlife studies as natal dispersal, it is the first — and for many, only — movement from their birthplace.
The user fee on duck stamps goes exclusively to funding federal acquisition of wetlands as wildlife habitat.
Nazis, Sunscreen, and Sea Gull Eggs: Congress in 2014 Was Hella Productive | Ben Jacobs | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe also recalls the many visitors who would often go to the island to admire its harvests and wildlife.
Kocurek documented the scene with notes and diagrams, and called the U.S. Fish and wildlife Service.
Two Texas Regulators Tried to Enforce the Rules. They Were Fired. | David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA U.S. Fish and wildlife officer corroborated another account.
Two Texas Regulators Tried to Enforce the Rules. They Were Fired. | David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA Fish and wildlife special agent collected the bodies of two birds at the site, a redhead duck and a mourning dove.
Two Texas Regulators Tried to Enforce the Rules. They Were Fired. | David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA survey of wildlife with recommendations for adequate protection.
Grand Teton [Wyoming] National Park | United States Dept. of the InteriorThe Northern Neck had been hunted less by the Indians than the lower peninsulas, and it was teeming with wildlife.
The Stronghold | Miriam HaynieThe fight would spread and the victors would be eaten by the wildlife that swarmed over the undefended perimeter.
Deathworld | Harry HarrisonThe possibility of seeing and studying wildlife is best in the Many Glacier region.
Glacier National Park [Montana] | United States Dept. of the InteriorGlacier National Park is exceptionally rich in many kinds of wildlife.
Glacier National Park [Montana] | United States Dept. of the Interior
British Dictionary definitions for wildlife
/ (ˈwaɪldˌlaɪf) /
wild animals and plants collectively
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