How to Use species in a Sentence

species

1 of 2 noun
  • All European domestic cattle belong to the same species.
  • There are approximately 8,000 species of ants.
  • They are made up of many species of corals shaped like fans and tubes and trees.
    — Lela Nargi, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Left to its own devices, this species trails along the ground.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Each species of shark is unique and has its own way of living.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2022
  • This species, which draws its moisture from the air, has no leaves.
    — Mac Stone, National Geographic, 25 Oct. 2019
  • Here is a species-by-species list with the top spots for sightings.
    — Maria Finn, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Will one form of the virus hop from species like fig to dahlia to tomato?
    — oregonlive, 11 July 2020
  • What better way to honor a rare species with such unique skill?
    — Jake Fischer, SI.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • And that is a true win for the species science seeks to protect.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The work has arguably helped lots of species more than pheasants.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2022
  • In most species, there is heavy traffic into and out of the nest.
    — Michael Schulson, Wired, 1 Aug. 2020
  • Those stems are all marked, mapped and identified to species.
    — Anne Showalter, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Sep. 2020
  • For decades, agencies have been working to keep the species alive.
    — Winston Gieseke, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2020
  • Seafood prices and catch sizes would increase for all species modeled.
    — Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2021
  • The roster varies based on the time of year, species, gender and age.
    — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Most pine tree species come from distant places where the soil is acid and rocky or sandy rather than clay.
    — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 25 Dec. 2021
  • No females of this species have yet to be found, Godwin said.
    — Christina Zdanowicz, CNN, 3 May 2021
  • There are 37 bare root species to choose from, Roskilly said.
    — Peter Krouse, cleveland, 2 Mar. 2022
  • As a result, their very survival as a species is far from certain.
    — The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
  • There are several bridges in the Phoenix area that have that species.
    — Weldon B. Johnson, azcentral, 19 Mar. 2020
  • But our species is not the sole measure of a continent’s worth.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Zoonosis is a process in which a virus jumps from one species to another.
    — Joel Achenbach, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2022
  • But the second name assigned to a species is key when naming a new species.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 1 July 2026
  • Changes in that gene in mice cause that species to be hypersocial as well.
    — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 19 July 2017
  • The species can weigh more than 200 pounds and grow to more than 6 feet in length.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 18 June 2022
  • There are at least a dozen species, the greatest variety of any state.
    — Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2021
  • Of course, not everyone will have the same species in his or her backyard.
    — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 17 Apr. 2021
  • It is listed as a species of special concern.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2026
  • Wax plant is a species of hoya that has trailing, slender stems lined with small, waxy green leaves.
    — Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2023

species

2 of 2 adjective
  • And that gives the researchers a chance to avoid one of the bigger challenges in cross-species sleep studies.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Exactly why and how these inter-species kill rates balance out remains to be discovered.
    — CBS News, 21 Feb. 2022
  • The world of the Muppets—a strange, intricate place, where inter-species romance goes unquestioned—grew around the show.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Where their impact may have far wider implications is in making cross-species organ donation go mainstream.
    — Megan Molteni, STAT, 24 Jan. 2022
  • According to officials, this type of cross-species infection is uncommon.
    — Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 June 2022
  • But what absorbs him most is the intense kinship that the San feel with the elephants, to the point where, at a bonfire dance, a kind of cross-species migration of souls seems to take place.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Researchers said not all viruses will spread to humans or become pandemics the scale of the coronavirus but the number of cross-species viruses increases the risk of spread to humans.
    — Drew Costley, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Foregrounding inter-species anxiety is certainly a new Middle-Earth take.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Lots of time-travel, mind-melding, skin-shedding, clones, and dream invasion episodes to blend in with the cross-species relationships and typical high school melodrama.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 14 Feb. 2026
  • This is a call for cross-species solidarity and to consider veganism alongside other social justice movements on the left.
    — Longreads, 5 May 2022
  • In the search for an alternative, scientists have been turning to cross-species organ transplants, called xenotransplantation.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 13 Nov. 2025
  • But cooperative defense is not the only reason for cross-species communication.
    — Jesse Greenspan, Scientific American, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Anderson’s extensive use of multi-species cover crops plays a vital role in improving soil health, reducing erosion and retaining moisture.
    — Sj Studio, Footwear News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Along with rustic cabins, the lodge boasts lush gardens, the Warrior Restaurant, an outdoor dining area and an infinity pool, all amid a multi-species habitat.
    — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Along with rustic cabins, the lodge boasts lush gardens, the Warrior Restaurant, an outdoor dining area and an infinity pool, all amid a multi-species habitat.
    — Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Going forward, the team plans to investigate the exact cellular mechanism that results in the cross-species cloning that Iberian harvester queens perform.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Genes are typically transmitted vertically, from parents to offspring, and don’t involve inter-species crossover.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Her latest focus is on cross-species similarities in female health, a field that has long been underfunded, understudied and misunderstood.
    — Corinne Purtillstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Inter-species jumps of viruses make scientists nervous — as do suggestions of potentially significant mutations that result from those jumps.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 5 Nov. 2020
  • The first Twilight novel—in which a small-town high school became the backdrop of a lusty inter-species love story—recently celebrated its 20th anniversary.
    — Jenny Singer, Glamour, 21 June 2021
  • The characters populating this book, therefore, make up a diverse, cross-species cast—one imperfectly understood yet closely interrelated.
    — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Movable eyes, however, have evolved only in a limited number of lineages—an adaptation notably absent in insects and most terrestrial arthropods—restricting cross-species comparisons.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Imagining such fabulous cross-species chimeras as these, and other mythological creatures such as centaurs, was a prescient ancient anticipation of the potential genetic future of humankind.
    — Adrian Woolfson, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Another influential factor in cross-species transmission is probably proximity.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Apr. 2020
  • Gerding also showed the first results of IAP's new three-channel multi-species lidar that's set up to search for different materials expected to be ablated by reentering space debris.
    — Leonard David, Space.com, 13 May 2026
  • With the multi-species expedition model now proven successful, the question becomes whether future searches can be mobilized quickly and frequently enough to catalog what lives in Makira before the window closes.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Studies document how these tools measure different cellular properties, while a flagship paper describes the integration of data from 11 companion papers, to produce a cross-species atlas of cell-types.
    — Simon Makin, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Now, new research finds that these maestros of impersonation sometimes reproduce the sounds of an entire multi-species flock while courting females and during mating, reports Jake Buehler for Science News.
    — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Mar. 2021
  • What happened after the birth has captivated more than 27 million viewers on Instagram and drawn attention to a striking example of cross-species nurturing behavior that any animal lover will want to understand.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2026
  • No one had considered such cross-species vulnerability because human infections with monkeypox had not previously been detected outside of West and Central Africa.
    — Wired, 5 Aug. 2022

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