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                            <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Amazon-rainforest ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pre-Inca culture acquired Amazonian parrots from hundreds of miles away to use their feathers to decorate the dead, new analysis reveals ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Centuries before the Inca emerged, Amazonian parrots were carried alive across the Andes and raised in captivity on Peru's coast for their vibrant feathers. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenna Hughes-Castleberry ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4cEhDFghXdxvkm6oGYzjHc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Ancient feathers were found at the Temple of Pachacamac near Lima, Peru.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A small pile of ancient feathers shows purple and blue and yellow colors amidst the ornaments]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Never-before-seen footage captures moment scientists find new, giant anaconda species in Amazon ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists recently discovered a new species of green anaconda in the Amazon rainforest. A new Nat Geo series shows the moment they encountered this snake in the wild. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UGhHSCdj4ANuamB4kYNDMo-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A person holding a northern green anaconda by the head.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A person holding a northern green anaconda by the head.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Amazon rainforest is transitioning to a 'hypertropical' climate — and trees won't survive that for long ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Amazon rainforest currently has a few days or weeks of hot drought conditions per year, but researchers say this could increase to 150 days per year by 2100. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 17:26:29 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 17:37:28 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ao5NjQ8VWKScPTKHNwu7u3-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[More frequent and intense droughts could push the Amazon rainforest into a &quot;hypertropical&quot; regime.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Scorched trees in the Amazon rainforest.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Amazon rainforest trees are resisting climate change by getting fatter from CO2 in the atmosphere ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Tree trunks in the Amazon are getting 3.3% thicker every decade as the plants absorb extra carbon dioxide, suggesting they are more resilient to global warming than previously thought. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 14:54:13 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Climate change]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kabEkzZVScxEi9aD8kRFAh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Amazonian trees are absorbing more CO2 from the atmosphere and getting fatter as a result, scientists say.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An enormous tree in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest with a thick trunk.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Even a slight slowdown of key Atlantic currents poses a 'stunning risk' to rainforests ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/rivers-oceans/even-a-slight-slowdown-of-key-atlantic-currents-poses-a-stunning-risk-to-rainforests</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A slowing Atlantic current could have a devastating impact on the planet's rainforests, a new study warns. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2025 18:27:33 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 14:50:02 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hWvioBMJjBihYoMDFqCGFV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Amazon River flows for more than 4,100 miles (6,600 km); within its hundreds of tributaries and streams are the largest number of freshwater fish species in the world.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Aerial view of the Amazon River near Iquitos, Peru.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Indigenous funeral urns discovered on human-made islands in Amazon rainforest ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Giant ceramic pots made centuries to millennia ago were found to hold human bones, while others held a mixture of seeds and the remains of fish, frogs and turtles. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 22:30:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lobato Felizola ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8oPKko7T4ugr8onKtBXmo7-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Márcio Amaral]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Archaeologist Geórgea Layla Holanda works on one of the recovered funeral urns in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a woman excavates a large funeral urn from the rainforest]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'It's like trying to grow a tree in an oven': Gold mining is sucking the Amazon rainforest dry  ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/its-like-trying-to-grow-a-tree-in-an-oven-gold-mining-is-sucking-the-amazon-rainforest-dry</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Gold mining in the Amazon removes so much water from the ground that it's too hot and dry for seedlings to survive. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:46:28 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Planet Earth]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ María de los Ángeles Orfila ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/N2wcr7fgubvtWd2R3UyCdZ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ERNESTO BENAVIDES via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An aerial view of dredges from an illegal gold mining area in Peru.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an aerial view of a forest where large patches have turned to dry dirt]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ El Cono: The mysterious sacred 'pyramid' hidden deep in the Amazon rainforest ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Cerro El Cono is a solitary, pyramidal hill in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest whose origins remain mysterious and that holds spiritual significance for Indigenous people. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 02 May 2025 22:31:09 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zLSVyGg2xt2hs43JqWECo5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Cerro El Cono is isolated from a nearby mountain range and has an unusual shape.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Aerial view of Cerro El Cono in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. There are mountains in the background.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How we found the northern green anaconda, a new species of the heaviest snake on Earth ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/animals/snakes/how-we-found-the-northern-green-anaconda-a-new-species-of-the-heaviest-snake-on-earth</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The northern green anaconda has been identified as a new species after genetic analysis showed it split from its southern counterpart 10 million years ago. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 15:13:13 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 May 2025 12:43:08 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Bryan G. Fry ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tYgY4VmgujNmkYsD4njd9Y-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Scientists have discovered a new species of giant anaconda in the Ecuadorian Amazon. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[green anaconda eating]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tropical rainforests could get too hot for photosynthesis and die if climate crisis continues, scientists warn ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Data collected by the International Space Station has revealed a small fraction of leaves in the world's tropical rainforests are already exceeding peak temperatures, and scientists warn that this could increase. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2023 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:02:19 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hzWjrC9ED6pY67onRH6UX7-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Steven Bloom Images via Alamy]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Mist hangs over the upper canopy of the dipterocarp rainforest in Borneo&#039;s Danum Valley.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Mist hangs over the upper canopy of the dipterocarp rainforest in Borneo&#039;s Danum Valley.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Watch sloth fight off ocelot in incredibly rare footage from deep in the Amazon rainforest ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The footage from a camera trap in Yasuní Biosphere Reserve in eastern Ecuador appears to be the first time a fight between a sloth and an ocelot has been caught on film. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2023 15:54:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:02:16 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Richard Pallardy ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zPoXQKuxZkLqsWRZuApShR-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[MC Bastidas-Domínguez et al/Food Webs]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The sloth fought off an ocelot attack in the rare footage.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Sloth and ocelot fight in the forest.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Catastrophic climate 'doom loops' could start in just 15 years, new study warns ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Climate "tipping points," such as the loss of the Amazon rainforest or the collapse of the Greenland ice sheet, could come within a human lifetime, scientists have said. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2023 16:08:13 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:48 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MAFUTvpBX75NcXBxnZV2TM-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This photo shows smoke rising from an illegal fire in the Amazon rainforest in Labrea, Amazonas state, Brazil, on September 15, 2021.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Aerial view showing smoke rising from an illegal fire at the Amazonia rainforest in Labrea, Amazonas state, Brazil, on September 15, 2021. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Lasers reveal 'lost' pre-Hispanic civilization deep in the Amazon ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The vast extent of a "lost" Amazonian civilization has been revealed by using a helicopter to scan the land below with lasers, resolving a long-standing scientific debate about whether the region could sustain a large population. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2022 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:58:43 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tom Metcalfe ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3riahT3DmPo77mrW6cWJ4N-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Screenshot from a 3D animation of the Cotoca site.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Screenshot from a 3D animation of the Cotoca site. In the center, at the highest point, you see the highest point of a hill.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Amazon nears 'tipping point' where rainforest could transform into savanna ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Amazon is losing "resilience," a study shows. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2022 19:39:06 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:54:37 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MAFUTvpBX75NcXBxnZV2TM-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This photo shows smoke rising from an illegal fire in the Amazon rainforest in Labrea, Amazonas state, Brazil, on September 15, 2021.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Aerial view showing smoke rising from an illegal fire at the Amazonia rainforest in Labrea, Amazonas state, Brazil, on September 15, 2021. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What are the largest rainforests in the world?  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Rainforests are home to half of the world's plant and animal species. Here are the five largest rainforests in the world. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/StdZbJsdxJJkdCr9Y4PvLN-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Aerial photograph of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. It is the largest rainforest in the world.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Aerial photograph of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. It is the largest rainforest in the world.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ World leaders pledge to end deforestation by 2030 ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/cop26-pledge-to-end-deforestation-by-2030</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The enormous pledge encompasses over 85% of the world's forests and more than 100 nations. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2021 22:53:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:53:30 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tT9VphaN5rF6TgbiQPZaWC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Healthy vegetation sits next to a field cleared by a fire in the Amazon in Rondonia State, Brazil.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Healthy vegetation sits next to a field cleared by a fire in the Amazon in Rondonia State, Brazil]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Archaeologists find vast network of Amazon villages laid out like the cosmos ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The remnants of circular and rectangular villages dating to 1300 were discovered in the Amazon rainforest. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2020 12:00:55 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:50:36 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sfxQM6PPTvGPdVS7CExtnB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Lidar technology revealed long-abandoned villages that look like the rays of a sun.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Lidar technology revealed long-abandoned villages that look like the rays of a sun.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Sprawling 8-mile-long 'canvas' of ice age beasts discovered hidden in Amazon rainforest ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Ancient rock art of extinct ice age animals, handprints and patterns were found in the Amazon rainforest of Colombia. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2020 12:00:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:50:30 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iprA9TEBazHZ6E6AF68wgU-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Thousands of images drawn during the last ice age were found in the Amazon Rainforest.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Thousands of images drawn during the last ice age were found in the Amazon Rainforest.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why celebrate Earth Day? Here are 12 reasons. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ 12 scientists share amazing facts about Earth for Earth Day's 50th anniversary. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:12:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:32:25 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Live Science Staff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mojtp7XBZqrYxMbkjqepz6-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A man (left) explores the Giant Crystal Cave of Naica in Mexico.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A man (left) explores the Giant Crystal Cave of Naica in Mexico.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mysterious Geoglyphs Reveal Amazon Was Densely Populated Before Columbus ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/62137-amazon-once-densely-inhabited.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Earthworks that span a huge swath of the Amazon River basin reveal some parts of the region were once densely populated. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:33:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:47:26 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Q. Choi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/o6MWNndNjy8qkSktCPNoa9-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[José Iriarte]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Aerial photo of site Mt05, a circular enclosure (140 m diameter) located on a hilltop, was uncovered during surveys of the Amazon. This and other earthworks reveal that the Amazon was once densely populated before the arrival of Columbus.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[geolgyph in amazon]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Rare Hybrid Bird Discovered in the Amazon in a First ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A rare, vivid green bird with radiant yellow feathers on its head is actually a unique hybrid species living in the Amazon rainforest, researchers have found. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2018 12:13:08 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:34:08 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Samantha Mathewson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8vbQdiCqHEPbcvnen8Hy2f-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The golden-crowned manakin was first discovered in Brazil in 1957]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The golden-crowned manakin was first discovered in Brazil in 1957]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Explore the Amazon Rainforest with New Virtual-Reality Film ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/57969-virtual-reality-film-explores-amazon.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Experience the Amazon rainforest's beauty and biodiversity via a new virtual-reality film. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2017 16:40:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:50:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kacey Deamer ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4u4MBsQRZL8vekkfvb5xFm-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[&quot;Splash&quot; the three-toed sloth hangs out near a tributary of the Napo river in Ecuador&#039;s Yasuní National Park during the VR shoot in Amazonia.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[sloth-amazon-vr-film]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mysterious Amazonian Geoglyphs Were Built in Already-Altered Forests ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Humans were changing the Amazon for thousands of years before they built massive, mysterious earthworks there. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2017 20:32:49 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:49:42 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AcPdLwY94286L7Gk8sjVu-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Diego Gurgel]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Brazilian state of Acre is home to more than 450 mysterious earthworks called geoglyphs, most built sometime between 2,000 and 650 years ago.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[amazon geoglyphs]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ In Photos: Mysterious Amazonian Geoglyphs ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/57770-mysterious-amazon-geoglyphs-photos.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Humans altered the Amazon rainforests for 2,000 years before building massive geoglyphs in the bamboo forests. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2017 20:25:39 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:41:04 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FdB2dg9wMvzsbW9SY6CwGH-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Diego Gurgel]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Geoglyphs at a site known as Fazenda Atlantica in Acre state, western Brazil. Ancient people may have practiced &quot;agroforestry&quot; here, a method of encouraging useful species to colonize cleared areas while removing less-useful plants that compete with those species. &lt;br&gt; These findings should &quot;serve to highlight the ingenuity of past subsistence regimes that did not lead to forest degradation, and the importance of indigenous knowledge for finding more sustainable land-use alternatives,&quot; to modern-day clear-cutting, the University of Sao Paulo&#039;s Watling said in a statement.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[amazon geoglyphs]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Photos: A Strange Parasitic Plant in the Amazon ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An ant, a caterpillar, and a parasitic plant all interact in a strange web of mutual benefit in the Amazon jungle, new research suggests. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2015 15:43:19 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:33:40 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tia Ghose ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/misQdgAsHkkeHosULLNFfV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A tree and a butterfly that uses the tree as camouflage]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A butterfly rests on a tree, camouflaging itself against the surface.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Gorgeous Images Reveal Parasitic Plant in 3-Way Symbiotic Relationship ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An ant, a caterpillar, and a parasitic plant all interact in a strange web of mutual benefit in the Amazon jungle, new research suggests. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2015 15:43:02 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:34:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tia Ghose ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5gLkwj9pbtL6vNPjbs2FzG-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Aaron Pomerantz]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A caterpillar of the family Lycinadae eats the parasitic bulb]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[parasitic bulb being eaten by a caterpillar]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tiny Origami Microscope Reveals Hidden Life Teeming in the Amazon ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/51959-foldable-origami-microscope-views-nature.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A tiny, foldable microscope can be made of paper, uses no power and can magnify objects up to 2,000 times its original size. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2015 12:01:29 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:53:06 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tia Ghose ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/M7bAWd8Z7Mbc8t2vDYzZ44-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Aaron Pomerantz, a researcher in the Amazon jungle, recently used a pocket-sized, foldable origami microscope to capture images of the larve responsible for making a leaf gall, a type of protruding plant growth that occurs when insects burrow into a leaf. The origami microscope, called the Foldscope, was developed by Stanford researchers and can be connected to a smartphone.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[foldscope image of leaf gall]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Photos: Origami Microscope Reveals Amazon Creatures ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new pocket microscope made of paper can be folded into shape in 10 minutes and used to discover the hidden beauty of nature. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2015 12:00:55 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:53:18 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tia Ghose ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Lu2eQxEcirdQkt3HCBXWtG-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Aaron Pomerantz]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An image of a milkweed plant taken with a foldable microscope]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[image of a milkweed plant taken with foldscope]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Peru Plans to Contact Isolated Amazon Tribe ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Peruvian government plans to make contact with the isolated Mashco Piro tribe, hoping to quell further violence in their remote region. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2015 16:17:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:48:31 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KmY3mYEbXuuLWdzfwbrKAo-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The isolated Mashco-Piro tribe live in Peru&#039;s Madre de Dios region.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Mashco-Piro Tribe]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient Amazon Rainforest Was Once Used for Agriculture ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Amazon rainforest, often thought to have been pristine wilderness before the modern era, was once domesticated, and was reclaimed by the wild only in recent centuries, research increasingly suggests. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2015 16:41:08 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:54:14 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Q. Choi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bJGXUFGtCwJkp525fRzjwf-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Amazon River flows for more than 4,100 miles (6,600 km); within its hundreds of tributaries and streams are the largest number of freshwater fish species in the world.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Aerial view of rainforest at the Araguaia River on the border of the states of Mato Grosso and GoiÃ s in Brazil ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Rare Harpy Eagle Chick Captured in New Pics ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/51513-photos-harpy-eagle-chick.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ New photos from the Peruvian Amazon have captured an adorable harpy eagle chick and its mom. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2015 16:48:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:08:45 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tia Ghose ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JWbQwQh94F6YqnnjYpAGGg-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Jeff Cremer photography/PeruNature.com]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Conservationists at the Tambopata Research Center noticed the nest of a harpy eagle high in an ironwood tree.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Conservationists at the Tambopata Research Center noticed the nest of a harpy eagle high in an ironwood tree.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ In Images: Amazing Harpy Eagle Chick ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/51512-photos-harpy-eagle-chick-mama.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ New photos from the Peruvian Amazon have captured an adorable harpy eagle chick and its mom. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2015 16:36:48 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:08:54 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tia Ghose ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/m8yR7i56VedyCTJhPoZfnb-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Jeff Cremer Photography/Perunature.com]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Isolated Amazon Tribes Monitored with Space-Age Technology ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/48611-isolated-amazon-tribes-satellite-data.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists reveal they can monitor "uncontacted tribes" in the Amazon rainforest using satellites, which would allow safe, inexpensive and noninvasive tracking of these tribes in order to protect them from outside threats. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2014 00:01:39 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:51:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Q. Choi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KmY3mYEbXuuLWdzfwbrKAo-1280-80.jpeg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ © G. Galli/uncontactedtribes.org]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The isolated Mashco-Piro tribe live in Peru&#039;s Madre de Dios region.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Mashco-Piro Tribe]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mysterious Earthen Rings Predate Amazon Rainforest ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/46682-earthen-rings-predate-amazon-rainforest.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Humans were building in the Amazon before the rainforest existed, according to a new study of the ancient ecology of northeastern Bolivia. Mysterious earthen ditches were made when the region was a savanna. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2014 19:43:28 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:07:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LP75svWbQrgyXH5Aje7JBN-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Heiko Prumers]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Shown here, a ring ditch next to Laguna Granja in the Amazon of northeastern Bolivia. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Shown here, a ring ditch next to Laguna Granja in the Amazon of northeastern Bolivia. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ In Photos: Earthworks Scattered Throughout the Amazon ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers have found a series of earthworks, including ringlike ditches, scattered throughout the Amazon rainforest of Boliva and Brazil were there before the forest emerged. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2014 19:26:46 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 07 Aug 2019 21:48:18 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Live Science Staff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bKdh2f6LA2RDAzdxKtrfKN-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A ringlike ditch in the Bolivian Amazon.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A ringlike ditch in the Bolivian Amazon]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Oil Drilling Contaminated Western Amazon Rainforest, Study Confirms ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Peru's Amazon rainforest is extensively contaminated from decades of oil and gas drilling, researchers reported. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2014 17:54:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:08:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Becky Oskin ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/c4xMAJFKQgtkxyEASVrHph-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Researchers have confirmed that decades of oil and gas drilling have widely contaminated the Western Amazon rainforest in Peru. Here, valves for an oil well in the Amazon.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Valves on an oil well in the Amazon.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Photos: Huge Swath of Amazon Preserved in Record-Setting Deal ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/45912-amazon-preserved-in-partnership-images.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ As of this week, 150 million acres of Amazon rainforest are now safe. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2014 15:36:02 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:48:49 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nina Sen ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mRbmtd6Ri8VWYyAmzy6FwP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[By 2020, 150 million acres will be protected in the Brazilian Amazon. This is the equivalent of one and a half Californias or the size of Spain.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Aerial View of Peru]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Amazon Rainforest Breathes In More Than It Breathes Out ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Pristine Amazon forests pull in more carbon dioxide than they put back into the atmosphere, a new study finds. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:59:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 15 May 2024 13:11:20 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Becky Oskin ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YwDiqnVq8eLZ8vVRiMSSWD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Old-growth Amazon trees in Tapajós National Forest, Brazil. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Amazon forest]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ More Than 30,000 Miles of Roads Built in Amazon in 3 Years ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ More than 30,000 miles of roads were built in the part of the Amazon rain forest found in Brazil in just three years, a study that hopes to help aid efforts to stop deforestation has found. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2013 15:26:02 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:21:45 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Elizabeth Peterson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KeHUL8X58VQK6zcxPGBQze-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A road cut through the Amazon rain forest. Such roads contribute to deforestation, with potential impacts for the local ecocsystem.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Road in Amazon Rain Forest]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Amazon River 'Breathes' Carbon Dioxide from Rain Forest ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ River bacteria can break down plant-based carbon, exhaling it as carbon dioxide. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Denise Chow ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bJGXUFGtCwJkp525fRzjwf-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Amazon River flows for more than 4,100 miles (6,600 km); within its hundreds of tributaries and streams are the largest number of freshwater fish species in the world.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Aerial view of rainforest at the Araguaia River on the border of the states of Mato Grosso and GoiÃ s in Brazil ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ecuadorian Tribe Vows to 'Die Fighting' Oil Company ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/26250-ecuadorian-tribe-fights-oil-company.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The tribesmen feel their chief sold them out. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:18:38 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:19:36 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Douglas Main ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rNZh6vwWtKX8MhMtTDnosB-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[C. Pöhlker, MPI for Chemistry]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Amazon rainforest.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Amazon rainforest.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 5 Places on Earth We're Thankful For ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/31822-places-thankful-for.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Nature's bounty is something to give thanks for. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:02:18 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:29:44 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Live Science Staff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/V7ZA89KZj4JkLxbYJiLDL8-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Earth from Space: River Snakes Through Amazon Rainforest ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/31521-jurua-river-satellite-image.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Juruá River meanders slowly through half-flooded forests. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:11:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 24 Jul 2024 15:16:37 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Live Science Staff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/r3Rs3jCKuWgSpjSGqMTnHa-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Underground River Discovered Beneath Amazon ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/15849-underground-river-discovered-beneath-amazon.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ River mirrors mighty Amazon, but with slower flow. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:05:32 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:37:54 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Q. Choi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/t9yMovkCaUPyTv65EvCf46-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Valiya Hamza]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This schematic shows the flow of the underground river to the Amazon River above.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Underground River Mirrors Amazon]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Existence of Uncontacted Amazon Tribe Confirmed ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/14772-uncontacted-tribe-brazil.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ About 200 Indians live isolated from the outside world in the western Amazon. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 21:47:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:30:14 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Q8xDYiPP2uTXMbfjZ2neNh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Home belonging to an uncontacted Indian tribe are surrounded by crops in a clearing in the Javari Valley of the western Amazon.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Uncontacted tribe]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ From Florida to Amazonia: Fighting Deforestation ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/14753-robert-walker-fighting-deforestation-sl.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Adventure and research meet as Robert Walker journeys throughout the Amazon to learn about the loss of tropical forests. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:16:50 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:01:38 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Walker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/k4xzZENh8DcLxmXrxKnKcc-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Robert Walker, Michigan State University; Eugenio Arima, University of Texas at Austin; Ritaumaria Pereira, Michigan State University]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This photo depicts a waterfall on the Juma River near the town of Apui, in Amazonas State. Sweating from the hike to reach it, Walker swam across the pool at its base, only to worry halfway to the other side about possible anacondas lurking in the depths. He was seized by momentary panic before continuing on his way, as quietly as possibly, trying not to disturb the water.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[This photo depicts a waterfall on the Juma River near the town of Apui, in Amazonas State. Sweating from the hike to reach it, Walker swam across the pool at its base, only to worry halfway to the other side about possible anacondas lurking in the depths.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Good News! Birds Thought Extinct Return to Harvested Rain Forest ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Birds through to have gone extinct in portions of the Amazon rainforest have made a comeback. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:24:18 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:21:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Remy Melina ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qLgWB8dpEUDwxrPNVBft3A-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Philip Stouffer | LSU]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The White-plumed Antbird is one of the bird species that has gone &quot;extinct,&quot; then returned, several times to portions of the Amazon rain forest.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[White-plumed Antbird]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Exploring Logging and Road Development in the Amazon Rain Forest ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A team of researchers journeys to the Amazon to learn more about the logging industry and road networks that threaten rain forest sustainability. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:28:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:01:39 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ellen Ferrante ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5fvovAQ7fextqAfbJLqc5X-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Ritaumaria Pereira.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[From river to forest to sky: The Amazon&#039;s trees are the link that holds the fragile ecosystem together, sucking water through their roots and releasing it back into the atmosphere.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tree Frogs Provide New Answers to Amazon Diversity Puzzle ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/14113-amazon-rainforest-biodiversity-treefrogs.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Why some places have more species than others. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 17:55:11 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:07:26 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Michelle Bryner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DneZVU3Z8Vt5YbgqfsLcL4-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Dan Moen]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A treefrog (Osteocephalus heyeri) from the Amazonian rainforest.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A treefrog (Osteocephalus heyeri) from the Amazonian rainforest.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New 'Pancake' Stingrays Discovered in the Amazon ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new genus, and two new species, of stingrays discovered. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:55:29 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:18:46 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Live Science Staff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ly9BFdKTcvEoGbnoKAaKPj-1280-80.jpg">
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