breeding colony
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A place where animals gather to mate and raise their young.
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- The island is home to a large breeding colony of penguins.
- Researchers are studying the social dynamics within the bat breeding colony.
- Protecting the coastal cliffs is crucial for the survival of this seabird breeding colony.
- We observed the seals returning to their traditional breeding colony last spring.
- Pollution poses a significant threat to the fragile breeding colony on the shore.
- A new remote island could eventually become a breeding colony for rare birds.
- The noise from the gannet breeding colony was almost deafening.
- Every year, the turtles migrate thousands of miles to reach their ancestral breeding colony.
- How is the health of the breeding colony monitored by conservationists?
- The area has been designated a protected zone to preserve the puffin breeding colony.