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In 2025, a second pair of ospreys nested in the south of England, and 2026 could bring a third pair, the charity Birds of Poole Harbour said.

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

The Palisades is nested against a mountain range filled with dried-out flora, making it an “extreme” fire risk, according to an official state threat assessment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

The bright structures around the planet were not solid extensions of the world itself, but separate rings formed from many thin, nested arcs.

From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2025

Others, like Dorothy Hoover and Doris Cohen, had highly refined understandings of theoretical math, differentiating their way through nested equations ten pages deep with nary an error in sign.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly