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                            <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Animal-videos ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New footage shows bizarre deep-sea fish that sees through its forehead ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/barreleye-fish-seen-on-dive</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists captured footage of the barreleye fish using an underwater robot. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/gif" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7uZ7vtzw7fLcfj9QwuXcc6-1280-80.gif">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[a short video clip showing a deep sea barreleye fish]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a short video clip showing a deep sea barreleye fish]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists inserted disco 'strobe lights' into jellyfish to see how they function without brains ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists genetically modified jellyfish in order to make their neurons light up. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2021 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:37:22 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/gif" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kX5wtKpLc8dMQVBf8iQNN6-1280-80.gif">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[(Left) Researchers found a spatial organization to the way that neurons are activated when a jellyfish is coordinating behavior; (Right) The jellyfish folds the right side of its body to bring a tiny brine shrimp to its mouth.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[(Left) Researchers found a spatial organization to the way that neurons are activated when a jellyfish is coordinating behavior; (Right) The jellyfish folds the right side of its body to bring a tiny brine shrimp to its mouth.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New video reveals how 'caterpillar soup' transforms into shimmering butterfly wings ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists watched butterfly wing scales form within the chrysalis. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2021 19:04:33 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:05:25 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/gif" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/duNVmijWhJE82KHy8VFPvd-1280-80.gif">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This video clip shows several layers of scales on the wings of a developing butterfly, 83% of the way through its metamorphosis. The left image shows light reflected off the scales, and the right image shows finer gradations of how far the light traveled to the scales. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A depth scan through the wing scales of a pupa that has completed 83% of its metamorphosis. The left shows the amount of light reflected by the scales, while the phase information on the right shows finer gradations of how far the light traveled to the scales.]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[A depth scan through the wing scales of a pupa that has completed 83% of its metamorphosis. The left shows the amount of light reflected by the scales, while the phase information on the right shows finer gradations of how far the light traveled to the scales.]]></media:title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Eerie video captures elusive, alien-like squid gliding in the Gulf of Mexico ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The bigfin squid has a ghostly pale appearance and long, spindly tentacles. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2021 12:35:02 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:36:37 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/gif" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fNHxrj3invPyHG927YPs7A-1280-80.gif">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A bigfin squid swims in the deep sea.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A bigfin squid swims in the deep sea.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tangled bald eagles crash land on Minnesota street ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The bald eagles may have tangled while fighting over territory or executing a courtship ritual. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2021 13:54:06 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:36:27 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LUYZJ4p4Yw64rwAtXJtxq8-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 4,400-pound sunfish caught off North Africa literally tips the scales ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/colossal-sunfish-caught-off-north-african-coast</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The enormous fish was caught and released earlier this month. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2021 11:00:13 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:57:28 +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/uwk7ZNfdKqzTHBhpsW8eJ4-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Reuters / Seville University]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The massive ocean sunfish weighed more than 4,400 pounds, scientists estimate.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a giant sunfish being hoisted over the deck of a boat with a crane]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tortoise hunts baby bird in slow-motion, crushes its skull in shocking video ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/giant-tortoise-hunts-and-eats-bird-video.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ This is the first video evidence of a tortoise hunting anything. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2021 15:00:32 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:00:01 +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/M3MaZAHrsHVJa3KzYdrB5F-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Anna Zora, Frégate Island Foundation]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[a tortoise sits behind a baby bird on a log]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a tortoise sits behind a baby bird on a log]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ (VIDEO) Watch squirrels perform parkour-like stunts for peanuts ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ If only our robots were as agile as squirrels. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2021 18:00:11 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:31:15 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/gif" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZnYLvjNjzAJke3Pi3DNjoP-1280-80.gif">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Nate Hunt, UC Berkeley]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[a fox squirrel leaps from a flexible rod and rebounds off a wall to land on a small platform]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a fox squirrel leaps from a flexible rod and rebounds off a wall to land on a small platform]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Viral video captures fish tumbling from planes in Utah ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Utah wildlife officials have restocked lakes in this way since the 1950s. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:30:12 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:30:55 +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/Lv7Yqk292jXPMqDn4593HZ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Utah Division of Wildlife Resources]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Wildlife officials have found dropping fish from planes more effective than carrying them by foot to remote mountain lakes.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Image of plane flying over a lake with a plume of water and fish gushing from the underside]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Ballooning' spiders leave behind sea of silk after flood in Australia ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The phenomenon is "surprisingly common" after floods, experts say. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2021 18:01:23 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:45:39 +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/xkLLb7LL7ki3xfEdBSgPoQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[sheet of spider webs covered in spiders lain over leafless shrubs]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[sheet of spider webs covered in spiders lain over leafless shrubs]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Baby mantis shrimp throw knockout punches at 9 days old ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Larvae punch slower than adults can, but still strike far faster than their prey can swim. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2021 17:11:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:18:18 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/gif" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XTPHG5cy6Bwux68iAddum6-1280-80.gif">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Reproduced with permission of The Company of Biologists, Harrison, J. S., et al. (2021). Scaling and development of elastic mechanisms: the tiny strikes of larval mantis shrimp. J. Exp. Biol. 224, jeb235465.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Scientists filmed a larval mantis shrimp punching with its raptorial appendage at 20,000 frames per second, as replayed in slow motion here.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A larval mantis shrimp punching with its raptorial appendage, filmed at 20,000 frames per second and replayed in slow motion here.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ World's largest rabbit missing, presumed stolen ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A Flemish Giant rabbit named Darius is missing. He is the largest rabbit on Earth. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2021 22:46:21 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:20:01 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vhBXsSCcXQQi5F2cDE5EnG-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Dexter, the Flemish Giant Rabbit, is the son of Darius, current record holder for world&#039;s longest rabbit. Darius went missing from his home in April, and is presumed stolen.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Dexter, the Flemish Giant Rabbit, is the son of Darius, current record holder for world&#039;s longest rabbit. Darius went missing from his home in April, and is presumed stolen.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Do octopuses dream of 8-armed sheep? New study hints at human-like sleep cycle in cephalopods ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Octopuses switch between "quiet" and "active" sleep, where they turn vivid colors. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2021 15:00:50 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:25:28 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/gif" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hhYQ2Pr8Em4nKsoELYcC8V-1280-80.gif">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Sylvia S L Madeiros]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This clips shows an octopus twitching and changing colors during active sleep.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A short video clip of an octopus changing colors during active sleep]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Arctic walrus takes a nap on an iceberg, wakes up in Ireland ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ That's one theory for how the walrus wound up so far from home. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2021 18:20:03 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:19:32 +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/hSdPj6RQNsGt3hMyZihSbD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This photo shows an Arctic walrus, like the one recently spotted in Ireland. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[stock image of a walrus poking its snout from the water]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Hidden world of bizarre creatures discovered deep beneath Antarctic ice ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/unknown-animals-under-antarctic-ice.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ All the knowledge we have of these animals comes from a single video. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2021 11:00:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:51:00 +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/4YvsryprzZgWSEMVRDGKA6-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[British Antarctic Survey camera travelling down the 900-meter-long bore hole in the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf. (Marine creature pictured is unrelated to the discovery)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[British Antarctic Survey camera travelling down the 900-meter-long bore hole in the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf. (Marine creature pictured is unrelated to the discovery)]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Jaguar kills another predatory cat in never-before-seen footage ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/jaguar-attacks-ocelot-rare-footage.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ These predator-on-predator interactions are thought to be rare. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 19:08:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:06:33 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kebJbaS5jdMZecqxgqrxcj-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Washington State University]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Black and white image shows a jaguar carrying an ocelot by the neck away from a watering hole]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Black and white image shows a jaguar carrying an ocelot by the neck away from a watering hole]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mama and baby bear shot to death aboard Russian nuclear submarine ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/bears-shot-russia-nuclear-submarine.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A mother bear and her cub were shot and killed by Russian hunters after boarding a docked nuclear submarine in Kamchatka. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2020 21:48:42 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:50:19 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gV2HMx4RLCeDDLoeZ2qxff-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Two brown bears hunt on Russia&#039;s Kamchatka Peninsula. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Two brown bears hunt on Russia&#039;s Kamchatka Peninsula. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Watch a 'Godzilla' wasp dominate Mothra in this eerie lab video ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/aquatic-parasitic-wasps-lay-eggs-in-caterpillars.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists discovered a new species of aquatic wasp that reminds them of Godzilla. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2020 12:00:25 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:38:01 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tuWpWmQJgW4B2qMXDF6gMX-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Jose Fernandez-Triana]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[The newly described microgastrine parasitoid wasp Microgaster godzilla]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The newly described microgastrine parasitoid wasp Microgaster godzilla]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Elusive squid seen alive in natural habitat for first time (VIDEO) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/rams-horn-squid-discovery-video.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The tiny ram's horn squid was found more than 2,700 feet underwater. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2020 11:00:05 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:10:11 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GwY2uD9YcY2YKyhZH93jHc-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A screenshot from the ROV footage of a ram&#039;s horn squid]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A screenshot from the ROV footage of a ram&#039;s horn squid]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Look Ma, no ears! Teensy spiders hear with organ on their legs ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/ogre-faced-spider-hearing.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Though known for their huge eyes, ogre-faced spiders also "listen" for their prey. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 15:00:46 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:37:16 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4sWRrWhjoynLRnDWXvQq5c-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Jay Stafstrom]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[a profile of the ogre-faced spider hanging from its web]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a profile of the ogre-faced spider hanging from its web]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ These sea snails fly like butterflies, sink like hang-gliders (VIDEO) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/flying-snails-video.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists studied how shell shape helps marine snails "fly" through water. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2020 04:15:05 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:54:41 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kHSesVyofmKLwJhxA3Jyi9-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[David Murphy and coauthors]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Cuvierina atlantica, a sea butterfly with an elongated shell]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Cuvierina atlantica, a sea butterfly with an elongated shell]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Sly fox steals 100 shoes in Berlin, and he's not the first ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/fox-steals-100-shoes.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Authorities finally identified the culprit responsible for the mysterious disappearance of dozens of shoes from a German neighborhood. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2020 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:55:01 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fFnYv6gLBY7aAJj2uYpQ6i-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[What a heel. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[What a heel. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pollen-starved bumblebees bite 'half-moons' into plants to make them bloom ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/bumblebee-bites-make-flowers-bloom-early.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists don't yet know when or how the behavior evolved. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2020 18:00:46 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:35:08 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kES8fTofGwytdWNtWT6873-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Hannier Pulido, De Moraes and Mescher Laboratories]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) worker damaging a plant leaf]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) worker damaging a plant leaf]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Deep-sea sponges caught 'sneezing' in time-lapse photos ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/deep-sea-sponges-sneeze-underwater.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Deep-sea sponges may not have noses, but they still sneeze. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:36:06 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:59:00 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KWDaCptDkEXcoQg5gVjoKE-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Photos taken every hour from June 2013 to April 2014 show the expansion and contraction of the glass sponge Hyalonema, which resembles a blooming tulip.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Photos taken every hour from June 2013 to April 2014 show the expansion and contraction of Hyalonema sp. 1, which resembles a blooming tulip.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New Bone-Eating Life Form Discovered in Bizarre Alligator-Corpse Study ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/alligator-corpses-devoured-in-sea.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists sank three alligator corpses into the Gulf of Mexico to see whether bottom-dwelling sea creatures could eat them. They did — handily. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2020 19:41:29 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:17:49 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5GeYBuPNMwFnuELvma2nj6-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[McClain et al.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A newly discovered species of bone eating worm (seen here as brown fuzz) picks clean the bones of an underwater alligator carcass. Yum!]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[This underwater photo shows brown sea worms colonizing a dead alligator&#039;s bones in the Gulf of Mexico.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 10 Times Nature Was Totally Metal in 2019 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ From cannibal ants to reindeer 'cyclones' to solar tsunamis, 2019 was a metal year for nature. Here are our 10 favorite moments. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2019 12:00:38 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:57:19 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wEQG5qLBU6DSfwMQssmsqg-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[University of Warwick/Mark Garlick]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[In 2019 astronomers discovered the obliterated core of a heavy metal planet rotting around a dead star because nature is BRUTAL.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[dead planet fragment]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mice Caught  Attacking Adult Albatross in Gruesome Video ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Conservationists are alarmed at the brazen behavior of invasive mice. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 12:31:37 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:17:40 +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/zHxW77FcqzqRsZrgCiPjKe-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Mice are attacking and eating Tristan albatross chicks on Gough Island in the South Atlantic.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Mice are attacking and eating Tristan albatross chicks on Gough Island in the South Atlantic.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Adorable Hedgehogs Want You to Know About This Common Health Problem ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/59934-prediabetes-animal-videos.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new public health campaign features something most people can't resist — adorable animal videos. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2017 20:42:38 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 02 Dec 2021 15:30:12 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/558wCCKZFN8AqfLLmbFiBf-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[YouTube Screengrab/Do I Have Prediabetes]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Hedgehogs and other cute animals are featured in new public health campaign videos about prediabetes.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Hedgehogs and other cute animals are featured in new public health campaign videos about prediabetes.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 10 Cutest Animals in Science in 2014 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Even the editors of serious scientific journals are not immune to the charms of sleepy koalas and penguins playing with robots. The video team at Nature picked their top 10 favorite science stories involving cute animals (and some bots) of this year. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2014 13:48:43 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:01:46 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Megan Gannon ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ckcoS5igN7hQgnDp4HBGni-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Nature Methods, Le Maho, et. al.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Nothing to see here.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Robot penguin with emperor penguins.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Octopus Cannibalism Caught on Video for 1st Time ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/47982-octopus-cannibalism-video-captured.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The common octopus can be a cannibal, sometimes dining on members of its own species, showing a taste for the victim's arm tips. Now, divers have caught this octopus-on-octopus action in the wild for the first time on video. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:14:40 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:31:07 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Agata Blaszczak-Boxe ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2mDoXTGpWuMckrqUJMHo5J-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Jorge H. Urcera (Cefaparques Project CSIC).]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A male common octopus (&lt;em&gt;Octopus vulgaris&lt;/em&gt;) leaves a dead and partially eaten small octopus (upper right) after being disturbed by the diver documenting the cannibalism case.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[octopus, octopus cannibalism, common octopus, Octopus vulgarism, weird animal photos]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How Cute Animal Videos Could Help Science ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Beyond entertaining the masses, amateur viral videos sometimes document animal behaviors that are rarely seen and they could help scientists understand how species interact with each other. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:15:38 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:00:41 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Megan Gannon ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9hKLjJaZiwuknC3Uxhi7hP-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[YouTube | Deonette De Jongh]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A screengrab from Deonette De Jongh&#039;s video of a dog&#039;s encounter with an orca.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A screengrab from Deonette De Jongh&#039;s video of a dog&#039;s encounter with an orca.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Like Cats, Aphids Land on Feet After Falling ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Like defenestrated cats, falling aphids usually land on their feet. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:21:40 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:05:35 +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/dpgAUNr2JdB68GKvHsvRYf-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[PLoS Biology, February 2010, Creative Commons]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Pea aphids.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Pea aphids.]]></media:text>
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