translocate
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of translocate
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Cook, of the state’s beaver restoration program, said their mission is two-fold: helping translocate beavers to regions where there are few to no beavers, and promoting human-beaver coexistence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2023
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
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
And we have all literally "translocated" organisms from one place to another, Verrelli said, because we wanted to — flowers and household pets, for example.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 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
A few years ago they translocated over 300 perfectly content mountain goats from the Olympics to the Cascades.
From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2024
The eventual settling of the pack of translocated wolves into a territory would be expected because such behavior is characteristic of wolves in other areas.
From An Experimental Translocation of the Eastern Timber Wolf by Hook, Richard A.
The project involves carefully translocating ant colonies into suitable habitats within Comer Woods, where conditions such as woodland structure, sunlight levels and food provide the best chance for the colonies to establish and expand.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
"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
“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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