Thesaurus results for HABITATS

habitats

noun

plural of habitat

as in homes

the place where a plant or animal is usually or naturally found a forest in California is set aside to preserve the unique brushy, rugged habitat required by nesting California condors

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Recent Examples of habitats The mission of their organization is to lower the risk of wildfires, increase water storage, expand habitats for wildlife and preserve ecological balance along with reducing water costs. —

Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026 In many parts of the world, healthy fisheries use these unique, semi-aquatic plants that thrive in salty waters to create vital habitats for young aquatic animals. —

Brittney Melton, NPR, 9 Apr. 2026 The climbing is closely tied to seasonal flooding, which can wash fish downstream and force a return to upstream habitats. —

Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2026 Why the Fish Climb at All The behavior is closely tied to seasonal flooding, which can wash fish downstream and force a return to upstream habitats. —

Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026 In other words, future lunar habitats will quite literally be bulletproof. —

Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 9 Apr. 2026 Giant pandas are naturally solitary and prefer to live alone, so Bao Li and Qing Bao occupy separate but neighboring habitats. —

Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026 In 2019, a renovation and expansion improved the habitats for lions, giraffes and elephants. —

Caroline Foreback, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026 The deep sea may wind up full of these prosthetic habitats—ecosystems that function in some ways, but that remain diminished and hollow compared to their natural state. —

Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026

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Unlike the blue plaques affixed to residences in London, which indicate where notable figures once lived, or the Stolpersteine (or stumbling stones) embedded in the sidewalks of German cities to mark the former homes of Holocaust victims, Bucharest’s red disks are not commemorative but predictive.

— Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Dozens of homes stood abandoned until they were razed and replaced with signs saying to keep out.

— Stephanie Armour, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026