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A few years ago, researchers estimated how fast the animals were reproducing, to project that about 98 hippos were living along the country’s Magdalena River and its tributaries in 2020.

From Scientific American • Jun. 6, 2023

In the 1980s, “the males were huge, females were reproducing regularly and cubs were surviving well,” Amstrup said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 6, 2021

Larvae studies in 2013 and 2014 found that the carp were reproducing in these four rivers.

From Washington Times • May 28, 2016

Instead of being inert like other proteins, these misfolded proteins, called prions, can grow and break off and seed new growths as if they were reproducing.

From Time • Sep. 9, 2015

Ten of the 20 females of P. truei taken in September were reproducing; four contained embryos and the other six were lactating.

From Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by Douglas, Charles L.