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[nest] / nɛst /


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OpenAI’s Greg Brockman and his wife donated $5.5 million to conserve land near famed Big Bear eagles’ nest as Jackie remains in critical care.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

But those with more modest means can also grow their own nest eggs bigger than they might think.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

Found weak and disheveled along the shoreline, the raptor believed to be nest cam star Jackie is receiving care while experts investigate what caused its decline.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

A nest of six barn owlets has brought good news to a farm after a challenging period.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

“This here’s science,” Glenn said, and broke open the nest with his big hands.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

So far this year, 205 Asian hornet queens have been caught and nine primary nests destroyed across Guernsey and Herm.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

"They let people know where nests are, fence them off sometimes, and work with volunteers," she said.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

It was found in the spring; wasps don’t make nests in the winter.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Bumblebees usually forage within about 1.5 km of their nests, giving them fewer opportunities to avoid local pollution.

From Science Daily Jul. 7, 2026

The pixies were more subdued, and they began building nests for their winter sleep.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Now, a group of the birds have nested at an industrial estate near Guildford, with the hope they will rear chicks in the coming years.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

The novellas are composed of nested stories inspired by Scheherazade’s tales in “One Thousand and One Nights.”

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 8, 2026

Male osprey 022 and female CJ7 have nested at Careys Secret Garden near Wareham, Dorset, since 2022.

From BBC Mar. 5, 2026

Yurok wildlife officials say this behavior suggests the pair are tending to an egg in the tribe’s Northern California homeland, where they haven’t nested for more than a century.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 5, 2026

She flapped to the pine tree where the blue jays had nested, landed, and lost her balance.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

While the center can’t be 100% sure of the eagle’s identity, “it is suspected to be an individual from a nesting pair in the area,” Cameron said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

Yet there’s a turducken of ironies nesting in the response to Mr. Trump’s firings.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

The discovery marks the first known evidence that bees used animal bones as places to lay their eggs, revealing an unusual nesting strategy that had never been documented before.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

A group of storks born and raised by a Sussex rewilding project have been spotted nesting in a Surrey industrial estate in what has been called a "major milestone" for the scheme.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

There was my wheel to spin on, of course, and a lovely pile of nesting material.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney




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