translocate
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of translocate
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In April, a court-appointed committee of experts decided it would be better to translocate the tusker.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2023
Last month, researchers at the Rutgers School of Public Health published a study that found nanoscale plastic particles can translocate from pregnant rats to their unborn fetuses.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2023
Archaea are not affected by bacteriophages but instead have their own viruses that translocate genetic material from one individual to another.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
In the meantime, attempts to translocate rats to potentially suitable habitat elsewhere have met with little to no success, and scientists are not sure why.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2022
It said Ioneer plans to avoid and fence off half the eight subpopulations, “remove and salvage all remaining plants … and translocate them to another location.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2022
“The older ones will always try to lead others either to look for new sources of food or go back to where they were translocated from,” Evans said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
These small kangaroo relatives are native to Western Australia and have become the country's most frequently translocated mammal due to ongoing conservation programs aimed at protecting the critically endangered species.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 13, 2025
In June of 2024, the Fish and Wildlife department announced that another group of beavers was translocated to the south fork of the Tule River, in Sequoia National Forest east of Porterville, Calif.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025
"The tortoise is a federally protected threatened species that is the icon of the Mojave Desert. These tortoises were translocated elsewhere," Donnelly said.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2024
The displacement of the translocated wolves in this experiment apparently caused an initial increase in their daily movements, and probably increased their vulnerability, at least during the first 2 months after release.
From An Experimental Translocation of the Eastern Timber Wolf by Hook, Richard A.
"When translocating wildlife, it's essential to consider which pathogens may be translocated with them -- and the potential downstream effects."
From Science Daily ● May 26, 2026
Authorities are now looking at translocating some animals so they don't overpopulate the area.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2024
“So basically I’m translocating and releasing a wolverine that otherwise would have been a hat,” Garcelon said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
ReWilding Argentina is providing logistical support to the effort, which some conservationists hope will open the door to translocating guanacos even farther north, to Argentina’s Impenetrable National Park.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 1, 2023
This is because the amount of water traveling in and out of a cell causes it to shrink or swell, inducing movement by translocating different parts of the cell.
From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2023
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