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During breeding season several Sarus Cranes made a nest in Buriram, Thailand’s rice paddies and taught their chicks their surroundings, first carrying them on their backs.
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Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
The visual contrast also intensifies as the breeding season approaches.
—Anirban Mukhopadhyay, Scientific American, 21 Jan. 2026
During breeding season, males travel from burrow to burrow and mate with any female, provided that the female hasn't already mated.
—Noel Kirkpatrick, Treehugger, 20 Jan. 2026
Snake catcher Kurt Whyte told ABC News that snake activity has increased with breeding season over and eggs beginning to hatch.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 18 Jan. 2026
Even in the dead of winter, breeding season starts for gray foxes, red foxes, coyotes, bobcats, raccoons and squirrels.
—Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 3 Jan. 2026
Reportedly, markers created in October and November — the peak of the breeding season — were much brighter than those made in early September.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 26 Dec. 2025
Mimicking the spring-to-summer breeding season in their native South Africa and Namibia, the African penguins' breeding season at the zoo begins in mid-September and lasts until the end of February.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
The timeline mimics the spring to summer breeding season that African penguins follow in their native habitats in South Africa and Namibia.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
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Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
The visual contrast also intensifies as the breeding season approaches.
—Anirban Mukhopadhyay, Scientific American, 21 Jan. 2026
During breeding season, males travel from burrow to burrow and mate with any female, provided that the female hasn't already mated.
—Noel Kirkpatrick, Treehugger, 20 Jan. 2026
Snake catcher Kurt Whyte told ABC News that snake activity has increased with breeding season over and eggs beginning to hatch.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 18 Jan. 2026
Even in the dead of winter, breeding season starts for gray foxes, red foxes, coyotes, bobcats, raccoons and squirrels.
—Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 3 Jan. 2026
Reportedly, markers created in October and November — the peak of the breeding season — were much brighter than those made in early September.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 26 Dec. 2025
Mimicking the spring-to-summer breeding season in their native South Africa and Namibia, the African penguins' breeding season at the zoo begins in mid-September and lasts until the end of February.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
The timeline mimics the spring to summer breeding season that African penguins follow in their native habitats in South Africa and Namibia.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
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“Breeding season.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/breeding%20season. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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