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                            <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Cretaceous-period ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Kraken' octopus that lived at the time of the dinosaurs was a 62-foot-long apex predator of the ocean ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A close inspection of 27 fossil jaws from finned octopuses challenge the longstanding belief that the apex oceanic predators of the Cretaceous were all vertebrates. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sophie Berdugo ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VFBjdfV6Ud9qzaukmLzPcJ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Yohei Utsuki: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Hokkaido University]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Illustration of giant pink octopus in the ocean with blue border ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Illustration of giant pink octopus in the ocean with blue border ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 95 million-year-old 'tiny, tiny skull' from never-before-seen crocodile-like creature discovered in Montana ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers have described a whole new family of extinct crocodyliforms based on the fossilized remains of a single teenage croc named Elton discovered in the Blackleaf Formation. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 14:31:56 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Extinct species]]></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/BXuoH8p7G7ooZxTkGoWAQm-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artistic rendering of Elton (&lt;em&gt;Thikarisuchus xenodentes)&lt;/em&gt;, an extinct crocodyliform from the Cretaceous in North America.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Illustration of a newfound extinct species of crocodile-like creature. Its jaws are open, revealing differently shaped teeth.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Another piece of the puzzle': Antarctica's 1st-ever amber fossil sheds light on dinosaur-era rainforest that covered South Pole 90 million years ago ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Until now, Antarctica was the only continent on Earth without any known amber fossils. But sediment cores taken from below the seafloor have revealed a tiny piece of fossilized resin holding fragments of an ancient rainforest that covered the South Pole during the Cretaceous period. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8Zfa7ir4AQ5CM9e2esaaYB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Researchers found Antarctica&#039;s first ever piece of amber in sediment cores collected from the seafloor off the icy continent&#039;s coast. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A microscope image showing a small amber chunk among rocks]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Duck-billed dino with absolutely enormous honker unearthed in Mexico ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The newly named dinosaur is unique to Mexico, and it's helping change scientists' understanding of dinosaur ranges across the Americas. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sierra Bouchér ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8vUsrGYHYE9NJ4KtGJUW6N-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The tooth-like projections on the bill of Coahuilasuarus may have helped it eat tough plants, such as palm trees.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a duck-billed dinosaur with a huge snout on a purple background.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ If you thought T. rex had tiny arms, wait until you see this apex predator's ridiculously tiny appendages ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Newly discovered dinosaur — the apex predator of its environment — had a weirdly flat skull compared to its contemporaries, along with ridiculously small arms. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2024 16:06:23 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:35 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fH2SQF23CAjScmqXxijmMa-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Gabriel Díaz Yantén]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Artist impression of the newly discovered dinosaur Koleken inakayali.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Artist impression of the newly discovered dinosaur Koleken inakayali.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Enormous dinosaur dubbed Shiva 'The Destroyer' is one of the biggest ever discovered ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers discovered the remains of a huge dinosaur named Bustingorrytitan shiva last year and have now released artistic reconstructions of the Cretaceous giant. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2024 16:17:30 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:09 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hvYBqr7nMWyRkk3JWjgsdW-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Grabriel Diaz Yantén/Paleogdy]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s reconstruction of three Bustingorrytitan shiva titanosaurs.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a group of giant long necked dinosaurs walking in a river]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Living fossil' tree frozen in time for 66 million years being planted in secret locations ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Wollemi pines — thought to have gone extinct 2 million years ago — were rediscovered in 1994. Scientists are now hoping to reintroduce the species in the wild in a conservation effort that could take centuries. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2024 10:23:13 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:31 +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/CHXghBStpBUc8X5jWVsdJV-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Ken Griffiths via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Wollemi pines were rediscovered in Australia 2 million years after they were thought to have gone extinct. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Close up of Wollemi Pine Tree.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Cut down in their prime': Dinosaurs were thriving in Africa before the asteroid hit ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The discovery of predatory dinosaurs in marine sediments in Morocco suggests life was abundant and diversifying at the end of the Cretaceous period. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 17:27:37 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 09:50:17 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicholas R. Longrich ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7LwEiqKU9ZGqZfV4bmmhmJ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Art by Andrey Atuchin. Nicholas Longrich]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[More and more dinosaurs are being discovered in Africa, painting new picture of life just before the asteroid hit.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[More and more dinosaurs are being discovered in Africa, painting new picture of life just before the asteroid hit.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Dinosaur-era frog found fossilized with belly full of eggs and was likely killed during mating ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Gravid frog found in 100 million-year-old deposits in China is oldest fossil of its kind ever discovered. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2024 00:01:54 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:24:41 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jacklin Kwan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sgY6F9YAQjp43YXSN28nRn-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Baoxia Du et al/Royal Society B: Biological Sciences]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The gravid frog was discovered in China and lived 100 million years ago, alongside the dinosaurs.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The gravid frog skeleton.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Newfound T. rex relative was an even bigger apex predator, remarkable skull discovery suggests ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The newly identified tyrannosaur species is the closest known relative of T. rex and could have been even larger than the famous dinosaur king. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2024 16:02:56 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:55 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wg5APDpFjbdkYycmbhTibK-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Sergei Krasinski]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The newfound species, Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis, was around the same size as T. rex and could have been even larger. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s illustration of Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 120 million-year-old birds tracks near South Pole are the oldest ever discovered in the Southern Hemisphere ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Fossilized bird tracks discovered in Australia show these ancient creatures lived in the southern polar regions on the supercontinent of Gondwana. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2023 19:00:42 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:16 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Carys Matthews ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xJkQnLgDAHAWj2htVbEZEM-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Martin et al., 2023, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Wonthaggi bird tracks discovered in Australia are the oldest ever discovered in the Southern Hemisphere.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Photo of fossilised bird footprint with 3 digits]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Hell fish' likely killed by dinosaur-ending asteroid is preserved in stunning detail ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists recently unearthed stunning fossils of sturgeon from Hell's Creek that might have died on the day that the dinosaur-killing asteroid struck. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2022 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:58:18 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joanna Thompson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NiR7oT2sxMprvyvKYQqhkZ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Eric J. Hilton and Lance Grande]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Full-body specimens of Acipenser praeparatorum, a newly described species from the Hell Creek Formation in Wyoming. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Full-body specimens of Acipenser praeparatorum, a newly described species from the Hell Creek Formation in Wyoming. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Cretaceous period: Animals, plants and extinction event ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Cretaceous period lasted approximately 79 million years, and ended with a major extinction event about 66 million years ago. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Michael Dhar ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pR5TkKbd78kqtawLszsoha-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Tyrannosaurus rex and Parasaurolophus lived during the Cretaceous period.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Tyrannosaurus rex hunting its prey in a lush jungle environment. There are two Parasaurolophus in the background (they have long crests on their heads and walk on their hind legs).]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Giant 'dragon of death' with 30-foot wingspan unearthed in Argentina ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists recently discovered fossils in Argentina that belong to Thanatosdrakon. The specimens are the largest pterosaurs ever found in South America. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jennifer Nalewicki ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ANbMm4BQvaBqPCSKxEkfLB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The aptly named Thanatosdrakon &quot;dragon of death&quot; pterosaur was a flying reptile that lived alongside dinosaurs during the Cretaceous period.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The aptly named Thanatosdrakon &quot;dragon of death&quot; pterosaur was a flying reptile that lived alongside dinosaurs during the Cretaceous period.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Cretaceous dinosaurs come to life in stunning footage from 'Prehistoric Planet'  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ 'Prehistoric Planet,' a five-part documentary series, transports viewers into the mesmerizing world of the Cretaceous period. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2022 20:10:06 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:39:55 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ailsa.harvey@futurenet.com (Ailsa Harvey) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ailsa Harvey ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mqS3XoUzjYSAHGJQ5kwhia-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A pair of sauropods share a tender moment, in the trailer of a new documentary series about life during the Cretaceous.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A pair of sauropods share a tender moment, in the trailer of a new documentary series about life during the Cretaceous.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Frozen in place' fossils reveal dinosaur-killing asteroid struck in spring ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Around 66 million years ago, springtime in the Northern Hemisphere brought disaster and mass death to Earth in the form of a giant asteroid impact that triggered a global extinction. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2022 16:01:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:29:02 +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/zP2FGnmcSszVnoVKiuMhvL-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artistic reconstruction of the seiche wave surging into the Tanis river, bringing in fishes and everything in its path — including trees and dinosaurs — while impact spherules rained down from the sky. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artistic reconstruction of the seiche wave surging into the Tanis river, bringing in fishes and everything in its path — including trees and dinosaurs — while impact spherules rained down from the sky. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 164 million-year-old plant fossil is the oldest example of a flowering bud ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers in China have uncovered the oldest example of a fossilized flower bud ever. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fApDBnumx46h8CfMsKZjBL-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[The fossilized Florigerminis jurassica plant with a defined stem, bulbous fruit and fossilized flower bud (marked by the white arrow).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The fossilized Florigerminis jurassica plant with a defined stem, bulbous fruit and fossilized flower bud (marked by the white arrow).]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Darkness caused by dino-killing asteroid snuffed out life on Earth in 9 months ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ After an asteroid struck at the end of the Cretaceous period, debris from wildfires filled the atmosphere and blocked sunlight across Earth, causing ecosystem collapse and extinctions. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2021 15:57:07 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:48:21 +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/FAdM9sLkkfPpEQu4m4dm8a-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Following the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs, parts of the planet would have been plunged into darkness.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Following the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs, parts of the planet would have been plunged into darkness.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Earth tipped on its side (and back again) in 'cosmic yo-yo' 84 million years ago ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new study has confirmed a longstanding theory that Earth's crust tilted to the side, and eventually back again, around 84 million years ago. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AcXQE7fWqtL8Q829SfzBrW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A new study has confirmed a longstanding theory that the Earth&#039;s crust was tilted on its side around 84 million years ago.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A new study has confirmed a longstanding theory that the Earth&#039;s crust was tilted on its side around 84 million years ago.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ An 18-foot-long sea monster ruled the ancient ocean that once covered Kansas ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A newly described species of mosasaur, an extinct marine reptile, swam through Cretaceous seas 80 million years ago and had a slender snout like a crocodile's. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2021 13:25:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:59:01 +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/ip8nzo949eTL2GbgrksZjh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Mosasaurs in the Platecarpus genus, like the one pictured here, have blunter, broader heads than the newly described species, which has an elongated snout like a crocodile&#039;s.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Mosasaurs in the Platecarpus genus, like the one pictured here, have blunter, broader heads than the newly described species, which has an elongated snout like a crocodile&#039;s.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Who will buy 'Big John,' the biggest triceratops ever found? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The largest triceratops in the world, scheduled to be auctioned on Oct. 21, will be on display to the public in Paris beginning Sept. 16. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2021 18:13:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:58:59 +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/i6e6YJYjemATgtjTPxMhwb-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[&quot;Big John&quot; was discovered in 2014 in South Dakota. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[&quot;Big John&quot; was discovered in 2014 in South Dakota. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Real-life dragon' in Cretaceous Australia was huge, toothy and a 'savage' hunter ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A pterosaur "dragon" that lived in Australia during the Cretaceous was the continent's biggest flying reptile, according to a new analysis of a fossil jawbone. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2021 14:36:47 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:54:22 +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/eQrCwfBmPMjiqyJ3yiYCUL-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s rendition of an anhanguerian pterosaur. This group of crested and toothed flying reptiles includes the new species Thapunngaka shawi.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s rendition of an anhanguerian pterosaur. This group of crested and toothed flying reptiles includes the new species Thapunngaka shawi.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Bizarre dinosaurs rapidly shrank to become ant-eaters the size of a chicken ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Paleontologists have revealed that a group of dinosaurs, known as alvarezsaurs, underwent a rapid reduction in size to adapt to widespread ecosystem changes. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/t6knXD7zeLtqPUGfUStr6L-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Artistic reconstruction of four representative alvarezsaurs, Haplocheirus sollers (left), Patagonykus puertai (upper middle), Linhenykus monodactylus (lower middle) and Bannykus wulatensis (lower right), illustrating the body size and dieting change in alvarezsaurs.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Artistic reconstruction of four representative alvarezsauroids, Haplocheirus sollers (left), Patagonykus puertai (upper middle), Linhenykus monodactylus (lower middle) and Bannykus wulatensis (lower right), illustrating the body size and dieting change in alvarezsauroid dinosaurs]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Strange beast' in amber is a very weird lizard ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A tiny amber-locked skull that looks like a bird's is actually a lizard's, new fossil evidence shows. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rcQfssz5ybnu54CYdgnNk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Oculudentavis naga, as depicted in this artist&#039;s reconstruction, was a bizarre lizard that researchers initially struggled to categorize. They are still unsure of its exact position in the lizard family tree.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Oculudentavis naga, as depicted in this artist&#039;s reconstruction, was a bizarre lizard that researchers initially struggled to categorize. They are still unsure of its exact position in the lizard family tree.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient turtle with a frog face sucked down its prey millions of years ago ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A newly discovered species of extinct ancient turtle uncovered in Madagascar is proof of convergent evolution of suction feeding in turtles. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HxwPdeYhm2zWcaQR8KJac-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A reconstruction of the quick-mouthed frog turtle (Sahonachelys mailakavava) preying upon tadpoles using specialized suction feeding.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A reconstruction of the quick-mouthed frog turtle (Sahonachelys mailakavava) preying upon tadpoles using specialized suction feeding.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Never mind outrunning a T. rex — you could probably outwalk it ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ New simulations calculated T. rex speed from the motion of its swaying tail, finding that the massive dinosaur was a mighty slow walker. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2021 23:02:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:59:30 +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/5TLAYXSgigf7xTuhA7mUxK-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Pasha van Bijlert]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Tail muscle reconstruction in a T. rex.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Tail muscle reconstruction in a T. rex.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mosasaurus: Apex ocean predator of the dinosaur age ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Mosasaurus was one of the largest members of the mosasaur family, which were the top predators in the oceans during the age of dinosaurs. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2021 15:34:59 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:21:06 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SdBNKC7AjfH2AkvHPdWXyJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An image reconstruction of a Mosasaurus.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An image reconstruction of a Mosasaurus swimming with its mouth open.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tarantulas conquered Earth by spreading over a supercontinent, then riding its broken pieces across the ocean ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Around 120 million years ago, tarantulas first appeared on the Gondwana supercontinent in what is now the Americas, and then dispersed into Africa, Australia and India. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:01:35 +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/WWDMzqkbCMU6qidZxRFYDm-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A Chilean rose tarantula (Grammostola rosea) strikes a threatening pose.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A Chilean rose tarantula (Grammostola rosea) strikes a threatening pose.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Great white-shark-sized ancient fish discovered by accident from fossilized lung ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A 66 million-year-old fossilized lung belonging to a previously unknown giant coelacanth fish was recently discovered in Morocco. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2021 15:56:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:56:46 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BbdvGqWtPstwfAyRXtfVn4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An example of what a complete fish fossil coelacanth looks like.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An example of what a complete fish fossil coelacanth looks like.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Weirdo ancient beetle looks like a scrub brush ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists recovered the insect from 100-million-year-old amber. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2021 20:03:42 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:04:36 +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/aYPQPdRN9HaqkRtTXzL3S6-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[George Poinar Jr., OSU]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A top view of the newfound cylindrical bark beetle Stegastochlidus saraemcheana, with its head on the left side.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Top view of the cylindrical bark beetle Stegastochlidus saraemcheana, with the head on the left side]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New 'eternal sleeper' dinosaur species was entombed while still alive ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ This dinosaur was likely resting in a burrow before it was abruptly buried alive. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2020 17:26:19 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:34:31 +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/yj3ceVGHzg2gYMqehzQhe4-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Illustration by Carine Ciselet; Yang Y. et al. PeerJ (2020); CC BY 4.0]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This photo of the fossilized skeleton (left) and illustration (right) shows how the &quot;eternal sleeper from Liaoning&quot; looked in its last moments about 125 million years ago.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[This photo of the fossilized skeleton (left) and illustration (right) shows how the &quot;eternal sleeper from Liaoning&quot; looked in its last moments about 125 million years ago.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Cretaceous 'terror crocodile' crushed dinosaurs with banana-size teeth ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ New analysis of the ancient crocodylian Deinosuchus confirms that this apex predator had jaws and teeth that were powerful enough to subdue massive dinosaur prey. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2020 14:16:18 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:32:53 +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/uFRp6tq8FMchbEcZciUWR6-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A Deinosuchus, an ancient crocodylian with banana-size teeth, lunges at an Albertosaurus dinosaur.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A Deinosuchus, an ancient crocodylian with banana-size teeth, lunges at an Albertosaurus dinosaur.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scythelike jaws of Cretaceous 'hell ant' clutch a baby cockroach in an amber tomb ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The death strike of a Cretaceous "hell ant" from 99 million years ago is preserved in amber, revealing how these demonic-looking ants hunted. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2020 17:18:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:00:35 +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/uggCvrNNz4gztDBgKi4S6C-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[From Barden, Perrichot, Wang 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.106]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Photomicrograph from top view of the hell ant, Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri, restraining its prey, an extinct cockroach relative called Caputoraptor elegans, preserved in amber.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Photomicrograph from top view of the hell ant, Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri, restraining its prey, an extinct cockroach relative called Caputoraptor elegans, preserved in amber.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient crocodile walked on two legs ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ This ancient croc's legs were likely as long as a human's. ]]>
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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/Ja5RXbytsYCsMBb8QNfBpX-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Anthony Romilio/The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The two-legged crocodile relative, which left the fossil footprints in what is now South Korea, may have looked like this.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The two-legged crocodile relative, which left the fossil footprints in what is now South Korea, may have looked like this.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Here's exactly how T. rex grew from a slender tot into a massive carnivore ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Humongous T. rexes might not be as old as they seem. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2020 11:00:37 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:55:09 +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/TH9PM9Juhtubrx3rQHeG7B-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Thomas Carr]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A cast of a juvenile T. rex nicknamed Cleveland next to the skull of a young adult, known as B-rex, on display at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A cast of a juvenile T. rex nicknamed Cleveland next to the skull of a young adult, known as B-rex, on display at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ First animal 'buckyballs' discovered in 80-million-year-old sea lillies ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Buckyballs are geometric shapes previously only seen in nature at the molecular scale. Scientists recently found them in marine animals dating to the Cretaceous. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jBEgWXXi7uNk7DgmZTCC45-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Reconstruction of the Cretaceous marine animal Marsupites testudinarius.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Reconstruction of the Cretaceous marine animal Marsupites testudinarius.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Warrior' dinosaur with nasty gouge mark on claw uncovered in New Mexico ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ It's possible this feathered hypercarnivore hunted like a cheetah. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2020 18:11:12 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:19:08 +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/SCSu3iBuB3Q8nhqy8hHEm7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration showing the newfound raptor dinosaur Dineobellator notohesperus, which lived at the end of the Cretaceous Period in what is now New Mexico. The ceratopsid (horned dinosaur) Ojoceratops and sauropod Alamosaurus are in the background. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration showing the newfound raptor dinosaur Dineobellator notohesperus, which lived at the end of the Cretaceous Period in what is now New Mexico. The ceratopsid (horned dinosaur) Ojoceratops and sauropod Alamosaurus are in the background. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Meet 'Cold Dragon of the North Winds,' the Giant Pterosaur That Once Soared Across Canadian Skies ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Cryodrakon boreas, a newly described species of giant pterosaur, was recently identified from fossils found in Canada. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2019 16:44:12 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:33:31 +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/fqPdfLqYRDxVXF69biyfqP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Cryodrakon boreas, a newly described species of giant pterosaur, was recently identified from fossils found in Canada.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The giant pterosaur Cryodrakon boreas stands before a sky illuminated by the aurora borealis. It lived during the Cretaceous period in what is now Canada.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists Find an 'Exceptional Specimen' of a Cretaceous Lizard...Inside a Dinosaur's Belly ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An ancient lizard was a flying dinosaur's last meal. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2019 11:26:53 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:26:06 +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/xryQEiGdvxA8a9D9iAQdCk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The last moments of a Cretaceous lizard may have looked like this, as it was swallowed head first by the dinosaur &lt;i&gt;Microraptor zhaoianus&lt;/i&gt;.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Baby Pterosaurs Could Fly. So, Did They Need Their Parents? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Newly hatched pterosaurs may have been more independent than once thought. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2019 10:57:38 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 17 May 2024 10:56:20 +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/EYEDSrb873ryW2sJ5Roupm-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[On a summer day in the Early Cretaceous in China, a newly hatched pterosaur emerges from the sand and gazes at the sky for the first time. Other hatchlings lie exhausted from their struggles or crawl to safety on trees fringing the beach. ]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient 'Loch Ness Monster' from Antarctica Breaks a Record for Body Size ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Paleontologists have discovered the remains of an ancient Loch Ness Monster look-alike in freezing Antarctica. And just like the legendary Nessie, it wasn't the runt of the litter. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2019 17:02:26 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:39:07 +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/WgKrQbruztnVSdAgV8nmwA-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A hungry &lt;i&gt;Aristonectes&lt;/i&gt; plesiosaur eyes a squid in this illustration.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A hungry &lt;i&gt;Aristonectes&lt;/i&gt; plesiosaur eyes a tasty squid in this illustration.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Newfound 'Mini T. Rex' Was a Tiny Terror at Just 3 Feet Tall ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A previously unknown tyrannosaur terrorized prey about 92 million years ago, but unlike its relative — the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex — this newfound dinosaur was a pipsqueak, its body  just a tad longer than a T. rex skull. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2019 18:40:47 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 04 Apr 2024 14:28:07 +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/TkYpw3M698qD5CtbM6eDLa-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The name &lt;i&gt;Suskityrannus hazelae&lt;/i&gt; is derived from &quot;Suski,&quot; the Zuni Native American tribe word for &quot;coyote.&quot; The species name honors Hazel Wolfe, whose support made the finding possible.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[tiny tyrannosaur]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Photos: Tiny Tyrannosaur Dinosaur Was About As Big As T. Rex's Skull ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ This 92-million-year-old tyrannosaur was so small, it was only slightly larger than the skull of its mighty relative, Tyrannosaurus rex. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2019 18:40:20 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:53:11 +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/Ppr8ey5ptQoEhLUa83rSBD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The dinosaur stood about 3 feet (1 meter) tall and measured about 9 feet (3 m) long from snout to tail. The &lt;em&gt;S. hazelae&lt;/em&gt; discovery is helping researchers understand how tyrannosaurs started small and then became huge over millions of years of evolution. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[tiny tyrannosaur]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient Millipede Walked with Dinosaurs, Died in a Sticky Trap ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Exceptional preservation led to the discovery of a new millipede suborder. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2019 11:04:13 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:25:19 +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/7aFCPNDR5iL7kAfXPejGSB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The newly described millipede (&lt;i&gt;Burmanopetalum inexpectatum&lt;/i&gt;) seen in amber. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[ancient millipede]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Beautiful Nightmare' Crab Sported Lobster Shell, Shrimp Mouth and Soccer Ball Eyes ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An ancient crab that lived during the dinosaur age was so strange, paleontologists are calling it the platypus of the crab world. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2019 18:05:13 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:50:22 +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/mqpNgRxYX4fazQxuvk4Shb-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Oksana Vernygora/University of Alberta]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Here is an illustration of &lt;em&gt;Callichimaera perplexa&lt;/em&gt;, quite possibly the strangest looking crab that ever lived.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[ancient crab]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Photos: Ancient Crab is the Strangest You've Ever Seen ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Here's the strangest crab you may ever lay eyes on. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2019 18:03:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:34:12 +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/JZxUCPNNwp5tGBcrKxn9ne-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Photos: Arthur Anker and Javier Luque/Figure: Javier Luque, Yale University]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Crabs come in many shapes and sizes. But &lt;em&gt;C. perplexa&lt;/em&gt; (center) might be the strangest of all of them. It has giant baby-like eyes, a lobster-like shell, the claws of a frog crab and paddles like an ancient sea scorpion. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[ancient crab]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What's the Controversy Over the Baby T. Rex Listed on eBay? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The partial skeleton of a baby Tyrannosaurus rex is for sale on eBay for nearly $3 million. Paleontologists are furious about it. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2019 11:28:46 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 04 Apr 2024 14:28:43 +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/bkDDiQwyeGYFgRW578e3HE-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A reconstruction (that is, not the actual skeleton) of the baby &lt;i&gt;Tyrannosaurus rex&lt;/i&gt; that is now for sale on eBay.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[T. Rex cast]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Photos: Cretaceous 'Graveyard' Holds a Snapshot of the Dino-Killing Asteroid Impact ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A fossil site in North Dakota preserves a unique snapshot of the minutes after an asteroid struck Earth around 66 million years ago. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/22VtDtribSr8LYjyvkHyCg-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fossil 'Death Pit' Preserves Dino Extinction Event … But Where Are the Dinosaurs? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ What happened after the Cretaceous-ending asteroid struck Earth? A new fossil site may have answers. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vW2VebEuZfd8oFnhHAUCr5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A group of fish fossils from the Tanis surge deposit.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Meet Scotty, the New T. Rex Heavyweight Champion of the World ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The mightiest Tyrannosaurus rex on record is a behemoth named Scotty, who — during its lifetime on Earth about 65 million years ago — weighed a honking 19,555 lbs. (8,870 kilograms), or about as much as 6.5 Volkswagen Beetles, a new study finds. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2019 11:10:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 04 Apr 2024 14:29:33 +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/5fNUErzo6D5CRxsLFAnjaW-1280-80.jpg">
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