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Carla laid her first egg of the breeding season on March 16 last year, so the aviary says the start of another season isn't too far away.
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Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
The outbreak has prompted park officials to cancel the park's popular seal-watching tours for the remainder of the seal breeding season.
—ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
With the kakapo still critically endangered, there’s little prospect of conservation efforts ending anytime soon, although those working with the birds are easing their hands-on management each breeding season.
—Charlotte Graham-McLay, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
The team observed the signposts glowing brighter during the breeding season.
—New Atlas, 10 Feb. 2026
Like other wetland and wading birds that were once found primarily in South Florida, today the wood stork can be seen in dozens of states to the north after breeding season concludes.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
Strate said little blue penguins — the smallest species of penguin, generally less than a foot tall and weighing about 3 pounds — are responsive to seasonal changes as a way to signal the start of breeding season, but conditions need to be right for the breeding to be successful.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
MassWildlife states of the breeding season.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 4 Feb. 2026
The virus typically spreads from December to May, during bat breeding season and date palm sap harvesting season.
—Michal Ruprecht, CNN Money, 30 Jan. 2026
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Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
The outbreak has prompted park officials to cancel the park's popular seal-watching tours for the remainder of the seal breeding season.
—ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
With the kakapo still critically endangered, there’s little prospect of conservation efforts ending anytime soon, although those working with the birds are easing their hands-on management each breeding season.
—Charlotte Graham-McLay, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
The team observed the signposts glowing brighter during the breeding season.
—New Atlas, 10 Feb. 2026
Like other wetland and wading birds that were once found primarily in South Florida, today the wood stork can be seen in dozens of states to the north after breeding season concludes.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
Strate said little blue penguins — the smallest species of penguin, generally less than a foot tall and weighing about 3 pounds — are responsive to seasonal changes as a way to signal the start of breeding season, but conditions need to be right for the breeding to be successful.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
MassWildlife states of the breeding season.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 4 Feb. 2026
The virus typically spreads from December to May, during bat breeding season and date palm sap harvesting season.
—Michal Ruprecht, CNN Money, 30 Jan. 2026
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“Breeding season.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/breeding%20season. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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