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Over the weekend, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad released videos of two Israeli hostages who remain in captivity.
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Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2025
Prentice said that scientists could potentially now test which of the remaining sea stars are still healthy — and consider whether to relocate them, or breed them in captivity to later transplant them to areas that have lost almost all their sunflower sea stars.
—Christina Larson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Researchers said the discovery could help lead to other techniques to help sea stars bounce back, including finding sea stars in the wild that are resistant to the bacteria, breeding them in captivity and releasing them into the wild.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
The pack’s patriarch died in captivity of wounds incurred while in the wild.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 8 July 2025
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Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2025
Prentice said that scientists could potentially now test which of the remaining sea stars are still healthy — and consider whether to relocate them, or breed them in captivity to later transplant them to areas that have lost almost all their sunflower sea stars.
—Christina Larson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Researchers said the discovery could help lead to other techniques to help sea stars bounce back, including finding sea stars in the wild that are resistant to the bacteria, breeding them in captivity and releasing them into the wild.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
The pack’s patriarch died in captivity of wounds incurred while in the wild.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 8 July 2025
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“In captivity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20captivity. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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