nest

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Video footage posted by the nonprofit shows a closeup of the cracked shell in the nest as winds blow and an eagle stands guard.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

In one case, a nest was discovered inside the pulp cavity of a sloth tooth.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

State pensions in most of Europe remain more generous than U.S. social security, reducing the incentive to build nest eggs in the market.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Her workers and soldier ants, those that protect the nest, are all female and will eventually number in the hundreds of thousands.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Something that felt like a big old wasp’s nest got all wadded up in my throat and darned if I didn’t bawl a little, too.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls