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Despite their mudcat nickname, enormous catfish keep a surprisingly clean den.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

The newly reimagined spaces include an en suite den, a “doll-house-like library” filled with first-edition books, the window-filled great room, and a “fish bowl” office connected to the primary suite.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

Murdoch had entered the den saying: "What have I got to lose?"

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Around 10 a.m., a staff member noticed that Samba wasn’t leaving her den.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

“We’ll check the western quarter tomorrow. Griffin thought he saw a den there over the summer. Could be it’s hiding there.”

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

Growing up in rural Monmouthshire, she regularly got covered in mud and played for hours in the woods with her younger brother, damming rivers and making dens.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

So-called “barkitecture” includes marble puppy spas, cat hideaways and dens built specifically for Fido.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

In its famous showstopper, “Ya Got Trouble,” con man Harold Hill warns the River City townsfolk about supposed dens of immorality, and the children notice Matty in the crowd, holding a bundle.

From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2025

Back when he was working as a wildlife officer in Mammoth Lakes in the 1990s, Searles says he often saw coyotes sleeping outside bear dens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2025

Wolves are shy, Kapugen had said, and they desert their dens if discovered by man; yet this pack had not.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George

She returned to an area near Topanga Canyon, where she denned for months, beginning in October.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2025

During her time under observation, Uno probably denned more than once; she produced at least one litter, with four kittens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2024

He recommends waiting to put feeders out until there is 4 to 6 inches of snow on the ground to be sure the bears denned for the winter.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2017

Last week the post-Geneva puzzle, in several important ways, became more clearly denned and less puzzling.

From Time Magazine Archive

I knew the old ringtails would be hungry and stirring for they had been denned up during the storm.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

When wolves are denning, they’re anchored to one spot — the den — upping the chances of finding them.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2025

The researchers concluded that the cave was used primarily by hibernating cave bears and denning hyenas, with only periodic human presence.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 31, 2024

The 2020 rule removed restrictions on such things as harvesting bears over bait; taking wolves and coyotes during the denning season; taking swimming caribou; and using dogs to hunt black bears, the agency said.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2023

Ideal denning conditions and abundant food attract the antisocial animals and force them into close quarters, where it’s common for them to poke, prod, grab and otherwise annoy one another.

From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2022

What would the momma polar bears do for dens when wildfires destroyed their ancestral denning sites?

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz