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                    <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Ecosystem ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How do frogs breathe and drink through their skin? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Frogs can breathe and drink through their thin skin — but how does that work? ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sara Hashemi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KhRYQETZAhb32Ttvo9u9U9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A West African bullfrog, submerged in shallow water, can use its skin to both breathe and drink.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a photo of a frog raising its head above the water with its reflection below]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Perfect trio of prehistoric atolls shine like tropical gems off Australian coast  — Earth from space ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ This 2011 astronaut photo shows the atolls of Rowley Shoals lined up in a near-perfect line off the coast of Australia. The island trio was once part of an ancient barrier reef system that stretched over 1,200 miles. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 15:24:25 +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/RBFk8Qtpon4o7uXWcT9JiN-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Rowley Shoals is an Australian territory made up of three atolls: Imperieuse Reef (bottom left), Clerke Reef (center) and Mermaid Reef (top right).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Satellite photo of three oval-shaped atolls in a straight line in the ocean]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Insects: Facts about the creepy-crawlies that make up more than half of the world's animal species ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Discover interesting facts about insects, the critters whose combined weight on the planet is 70 times that of all humans. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2025 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Insects]]></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/bqARPEUW448KqLQJswmwt6-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Scientists have described more than 1 million insect species.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[two ants on a branch lift part of a plant]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'We didn't expect to find such a beautiful, thriving ecosystem': Hidden world of life discovered beneath Antarctic iceberg ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The newfound ecosystem is filled with sea crabs, octopuses and gigantic sponges, suggesting it may have been thriving for centuries. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eTfUUUPp3jia3teMaEtcf9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A large sponge and a cluster of anenomes are seen among other lifeforms beneath the George VI Ice Shelf in the Bellingshausen Sea.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A large sponge and a cluster of anenomes are seen among other lifeforms beneath the George IV Ice Shelf.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Buddhist ritual saves exotic fish from slaughter — only for 'adventurous' Tibetan otters to feast on them instead ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Exotic fish released as part of a Buddhist religious practice have become the preferred food option for otters, potentially mitigating the impact these introductions have on native species. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2023 16:25:08 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:02:01 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/52vcQbpBSg9y5h2ArjRo5m-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Xuesong Han]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) showed a preference for non-native fish that are released during Buddhist rituals.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A Eurasian otter eats a fish by the snow-covered banks of a river.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pablo Escobar's 'cocaine hippos' top 200, twice as many as we thought  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new census of the world’s largest invasive species reveals the population is roughly double the size scientists previously estimated. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2023 14:49:57 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:32 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Megan Shersby ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vXseyFF53oGMMQvCPMdra6-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[There are now over 200 descendants of Pablo Escobar&#039;s &quot;cocaine hippos.&quot; ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[two hippos facing each other in a river with their mouths wide open]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Burmese pythons are helping rats take over Florida's Everglades — and that could help spread disease ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/animals/snakes/burmese-pythons-are-helping-rats-take-over-floridas-everglades-and-that-could-help-spread-disease</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The invasion of pythons has had little to no impact on cotton rats, explaining why some areas are now increasingly dominated by rodents. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2023 13:48:49 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:30 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ hannah.osborne@futurenet.com (Hannah Osborne) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Hannah Osborne ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UrLbxhzrW9zgbaHdyJEs7D-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[close up of a burmese python looking straight at camera on grassy background and a cotton rat on the bank of a river with its reflection showing in the water]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[close up of a burmese python looking straight at camera on grassy background and a cotton rat on the bank of a river with its reflection showing in the water]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ More than 5,000 new species found in 'pristine' deep-sea wilderness. But they could soon be wiped out. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new study cataloged all the species uncovered by research expeditions in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, which has become a potential hotspot for deep-sea mining. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2023 15:04:05 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:25 +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/nrMsU63uoDXKyeHxoxToPf-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Trustees of the Natural History Museum London]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Deep-sea specimens preserved in jars at the Natural History Museum in London.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Deep-sea specimens preserved in jars at the Natural History Museum in London.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists find strange underwater volcano that 'looks like a Bundt cake' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Saildrone Surveyor mission discovered the unnamed, 3,200-foot-tall formation in February while mapping the seafloor off the coast of California. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2023 10:36:05 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:08 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Geology]]></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/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/A69s9aryjioNs3yCH7av5c-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Saildrone/NOAA (screenshot from saildrone on YouTube)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The strange Bundt-cake shape could be the result of either intense and rapid volcanic activity or of marine detritus piling up on the extinct volcano, experts say.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A multibeam sonar image shows the newly discovered undersea mountain with a crater that looks like a Bundt cake.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Gigantic, 13-foot crocodile found with its head torn off on Australian beach ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The beheading, which may have been motivated by a recent spate of crocodile attacks on humans, could spell trouble for the local ecosystem. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2023 15:38:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:06 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zcbdX9KNiiLF6xEVfSQriK-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Tom Chalmers Hayes via Instagram (Screenshot from @crocodile_beers)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The decapitated crocodile was found on Cow Bay Beach, north of the Daintree River in Queensland, Australia.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A crocodile which has had its head torn off is displays gruesome injuries lies dead on a sandy beach.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Bizarre, never-before-seen viruses discovered thriving throughout the world's oceans ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The discovery of a strange group of viruses, dubbed mirusviruses, that infect ocean plankton across the globe may shed light on the origin of herpes. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2023 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:50:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/h77HZKrCyLNm8Z24M6mpKT-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Mirusviruses regulate the activity of plankton and contribute to the health of the marine ecosystems.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Tiny organisms known as plankton float in the darkness in this eerie picture teeming with life.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ World's oldest DNA reveals secrets of lost Arctic ecosystem from 2 million years ago ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers have unearthed tiny fragments of DNA in the Arctic that were left by plants, microbes and animals that lived in a previously unknown ecosystem in Greenland. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2022 16:01:54 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:49:57 +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/preMmjd9CwyMRuNcGKujyT-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[An artists impression of the newly discovered ecosystem in Greenland as it might have looked 2 million years ago. DNA samples show that reindeer, hared, birds and elephant-like creatures called mastodons once roamed the area. The climate was likely much warmer than it is today.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artists impression of the newly discovered ecosystem in Greenland as it might have looked 2 million years ago. DNA samples show that reindeer, hared, birds and elephant-like creatures called mastodons once roamed the area. The climate was likely much warmer than it is today.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Bizarre translucent 'Jell-O fish' pulled up from icy depths in Alaska ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ During a routine survey of the deep sea habitat surrounding the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, scientists accidentally dragged up a rare fish with a translucent, gelatinous body and a suction cup on its belly. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Vm7Fch3bsXLCudCcN6y4r6-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A blotched snailfish was recently dragged up from the deep sea by researchers in Alaska. Thise who held it say it felt like Jell-O.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A blotched snailfish was recently dragged up from the deep sea by researchers in Alaska. Thise who held it say it felt like Jell-O.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Massive bulldog-faced dinosaur was like a T. rex on steroids ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A hefty abelisaurid is the fourth large, predatory dinosaur discovered in Egypt's Bahariya Formation, alongside other sizable Cretaceous carnivores. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2022 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:51:38 +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/iU4pCcnrqyFhQD96QaYFM7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A newly discovered, as-yet unnamed abelisaurid cautiously approaches a watering hole, in this detail from an artistic representation of the ecosystem of the Bahariya Oasis in Egypt&#039;s Sahara Desert approximately 98 million years ago.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A newly discovered, as-yet unnamed abelisaurid cautiously approaches a watering hole, in this detail from an artistic representation of the ecosystem of the Bahariya Oasis in Egypt&#039;s Sahara Desert approximately 98 million years ago.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Discovery of 'hidden world' under Antarctic ice has scientists 'jumping for joy' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers in Antarctica have discovered a hidden ecosystem more than 1,600 feet below the ice, which is filled with shrimplike creatures. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2022 13:51:03 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:39:16 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/gif" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FXDM9KcRy4QM9FbV9Z2ULL-1280-80.gif">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Spiraling vortex of 60 sharks rips apart a dead humpback whale in mesmerizing new video ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Video captured by tourists using a drone, shows more than 60 sharks tearing apart the floating remains of a dead humpback whale in Australia. But it will take more than a decade for the carcass to fully decompose. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2022 13:27:04 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:30:09 +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/mSMZqfyMWM5e4Lmo9eDgJd-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mysterious Mexican mangrove forest is 'trapped in time' hundreds of miles from the coast ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new study has revealed that a landlocked mangrove forest in the Yucatán Peninsula migrated there from the coast when sea levels were much higher, around 125,000 years ago. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2021 16:48:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:53:19 +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/9ZMEYZGZaE2U3kq8WWCHNC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ World's largest rodents are taking over a fancy gated community in Argentina ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/capybaras-invade-gated-community-in-argentina.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Capybaras have overrun a gated community in Argentina which was controversially built over their original habitat. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:58:57 +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/UVAPRNJzzgLBKmpaajssXh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Capybaras feeding on grass near a main road in the gated community Nordelta, north of Buenos Aires, on Aug. 26.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Capybaras feeding on grass near a main road in the gated community Nordelta, north of Buenos Aires, on Aug. 26.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why do deserts get so cold at night? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/why-do-deserts-get-cold-at-night.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Desert temperatures can fluctuate greatly between day and night, due to the poor heat-retaining properties of sand and a lack of humidity. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2021 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:51:07 +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/LeYcYEo3arzDXDSn8e9tvX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The milky way shines in the night sky over the Sahara Desert.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The milky way shines in the night sky over the Sahara Desert.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What's the first species humans drove to extinction? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/first-human-caused-animal-extinction.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Which species died out first because of humans? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2020 11:00:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:36:09 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emma Bryce ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kc6ht5J7xGiXVja5Zd6qVj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A replica painting from the Cave of Altamira (Cueva de Altamir) in Santillana del Mar in Cantabria, Spain, which has cave paintings created between 18,500 and 14,000 years ago during the Upper Palaeolithic by paleo human settlers. The earliest paintings in the cave were drawn around 35,600 years ago. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A replica painting from the Cave of Altamira (Cueva de Altamir) in Santillana del Mar in Cantabria, Spain, which has cave paintings created between 18,500 and 14,000 years ago during the Upper Palaeolithic by paleo human settlers. The earliest paintings in the cave were drawn around 35,600 years ago. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Conservation's Biggest Challenge? The Legacy of Colonialism (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/65507-conservation-colonialism-legacy.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Today’s most dire conservation crises have a bloody past. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2019 11:01:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:20:35 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Asia Murphy ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DSPcxTzfPGxVN5z7nZvtr3-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[During Belgian colonial rule in the Congo (1908 to 1960) elephants were killed for sport or ivory.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Will It Really Take Joshua Tree '200 to 300' Years to Recover from the Shutdown? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The government shutdown lasted just 35 days. The damage that happened during it at Joshua Tree National Park could take decades to heal. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 20:10:22 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:30:31 +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/9UBABR2zPfTrJif8rvsK5e-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Joshua Tree National Park was damaged during the recent government shutdown. Exactly how long will it take to repair that damage? Nobody knows just yet.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[joshua tree]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Making the Case ― Again ― for Saving Imperiled Species (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/61548-saving-imperiled-species-op-ed.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Extinction is not a good thing. Why are people still arguing about this? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2018 14:19:27 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:49:21 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ David Steen ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nWXuhV6AQHJoKEWzLT53RP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Healthy corals grow in the shallows fringing a mangrove forest in Raja Ampat, Indonesia. This area is known as the &quot;heart of the Coral Triangle&quot; due to its incredible marine biodiversity.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Diving Scientists Report 'Big Changes' Beneath Antarctic Ice Shelf ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/60980-big-changes-beneath-antarctic-ice.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Climate change may be leading to shifts in the communities of sea life beneath an Antarctic ice shelf. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2017 17:56:23 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:56:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tom Metcalfe ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7fEfm2pPcNjhHrpGZD7S8T-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A researcher dives the near-freezing seawater beneath the ice at New Harbour in the Antarctica&#039;s Ross Sea.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Earth 'Breathes' in Amazing Time-Lapse Video from Space ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/60983-nasa-satellites-track-breathing-earth.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Data gathered by satellites circling Earth since 1997 come together in a breathtaking time lapse of our dynamic planet. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2017 17:42:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:45:41 +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/XqGztXMyEN4LVMZY9J2QvP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Plant life on land and at the ocean&#039;s surface in September 2017 was visualized with data from NASA satellites such as SeaWiFS, using instruments that included the NASA/NOAA Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Thousands of Decaying Wildebeest Corpses Keep Serengeti Well Fed ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Every year, thousands of wildebeests drown while trying to cross the Mara River in eastern Africa, but there is a silver lining to their deaths: The wildebeest remains provide essential nutrients to wild animals throughout the Serengeti food web. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2017 09:47:23 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:23:56 +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/vCaaiUu62BmRSb9bKLQuXV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Wildebeests crossing the Mara River in Kenya]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Wildebeests cross Mara River]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Sponges Ruled the World After Second-Largest Mass Extinction ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Sponges may be simple creatures, but they basically ruled the world some 445 million years ago, after the Ordovician mass extinction, a new study finds. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2017 15:16:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:56:29 +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/uY6JkJCgED7VGtQZrmcZwA-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[J.P. Botting]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Fossils of 444-million-year-old sponges from the Anji Biota in China that thrived after the mass extinction. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[sponge fossils]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Snapshot of Hawaii: Why NASA Is Studying Islands' Volcanoes & Reefs ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Hawaii's ecosystems are under scientific scrutiny this month. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2017 16:50:14 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:47:07 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Karen Rowan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pTcp2rT5LWJ54HfvSBtEyQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Hawaii&#039;s &quot;Big Island,&quot; as viewed from the window of NASA&#039;s high-altitude ER-2 aircraft.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Hawaii&#039;s &quot;Big Island&quot; viewed from high-altitude aircraft.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 10 Percent of the World's Wilderness Has Been Lost Since 1990s ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Wilderness areas around the world have experienced catastrophic declines over the last two decades, with one-tenth of global wilderness lost since the 1990s, according to a new study. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2016 17:54:56 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:29:58 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kacey Deamer ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yr7LScc5FkxujYvGeNMekB-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[New research finds catastrophic declines in wilderness areas around the world over the last 20 years.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Wilderness]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Coral Reefs Flourish Thanks to … Fish Pee? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Getting peed on is a good thing, at least for coral reefs, scientists have found. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:52:19 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:09:31 +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/BL2DqSvGDedoHCupHZxdPo-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Jacob Allgeier]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[How much do fish pee? Putting fish, such as this high-hat fish, in a plastic bag helped scientists figure that out. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[high-hat fish]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Predators' 'Web of Fear' Holds Ecosystems Together ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The fear of predators may have a surprisingly strong impact on the behavior of their prey, creating cascade effects throughout the food chain. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2016 19:00:40 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:46:54 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tia Ghose ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LKjG9DRv2fxPjhD9Mqf8mA-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Shanna Baker, Hakai Magazine.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A fearless raccoon forages for red rock crabs, intertidal zone fish and other tasty treats along the shoreline of one of the Gulf Islands, off the coast of British Columbia, Canada]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[raccoon foraging along the shoreline]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ When Ant-Eating Bears Arrive, A Native Plant Thrives ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ When black bears attack ant nests in a Rocky Mountain meadow, they help a native plant, rabbitbrush, grow better and produce more seeds. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2015 11:55:45 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:00:17 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Becky Oskin ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fVYxdXB9gZj9yyrHG2Akvc-1280-80.jpeg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Josh Grinath]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Rocky Mountain meadow where researchers studied animal, plant and insect interactions.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Rocky Mountain meadow]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Bottoms Up: How Whale Poop Helps Feed the Ocean ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ With no small amount of irony, the tables have turned with research discovering that we need whales for a healthy marine ecosystem, or at least their poop. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2014 07:15:31 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:59:15 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lavenia Ratnarajah ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cLtsXrqZJW8brDcv4RH63W-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Micheline Jenner]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Whales make more than a splash in the southern ocean.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Whale splashing, whale poop]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tiny Neighbors Keep Coral Reefs Clean ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ When coral reefs call, the goby fish come to the rescue. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2014 19:28:13 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:18:31 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Susan M. Reiss ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5BZe4vW9EArjiFA3vP8yp-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Cody Clements, Georgia Institute of Technology.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Without the gobies&#039; compulsive cleaning, the algae commonly known as turtleweed, can severely damage a coral reef through bleaching.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Gobies control turtleweed]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Let Nature Fill in the Details (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/42343-let-nature-restore-ecosystems.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Nature, in some situations, can do more than people to restore wetlands. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2014 19:42:32 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:16:26 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ David Festa ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fgmXEE8uoT3QpcvPGk8W3g-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Healthy wetlands are essential to the survival of ecosystems and humans, providing critical services such as attenuating floods and purifying water. Wetlands are disappearing rapidly in the U.S. and around the world. Effective protection and restoration of wetlands requires careful communication between landowners, regulators and scientists. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[wetlands, flooding, water]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Wolves Must Not Lose Their Endangered Status (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/42110-wolves-must-not-lose-endangered-status.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ If wolves lose endangered status, entire ecosystems will suffer. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2013 21:10:17 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:52:35 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Andrew Wetzler ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dQfUcx3jfDABNvqiY4Qyf6-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Wolves and dogs diverged from a common ancestor at least 15,000 years ago.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Meteorite Impacts Leave Behind Time-Capsules of Ecosystems (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Now, in what is a fascinating tale of serendipity, researchers have found that these events don’t entirely destroy all traces of life at the site of impact. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2013 19:11:20 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:16:10 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Akshat Rathi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jqwWbVh6KexysKp8ecUfAA-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[ Search for glass beads to reveal the past.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[meteorite impact crater, glass beads]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Threats To Sharks Threaten Entire Ecosystems ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ For ecologist Michael Heithaus, every week is shark week. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2013 14:15:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:54:15 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Michael Heithaus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eceqrXG3ZWC9vzDz8ZdrBi-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Gallery: First Red List of Endangered Ecosystems ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Case studies detail ecosystems at risk. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 22:32:30 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 07 Aug 2019 21:40:49 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Becky Oskin ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Y49oC7dUqYAfS7PwryQhXX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Criteria for 'Red List' of Endangered Ecosystems Released ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/29445-iucn-red-list-ecosystems-detailed.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Case studies reveal ecosystems at risk around the world. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 21:12:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:22:44 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Becky Oskin ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hAp7kXNcJBj54JumnN6JgT-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Chris Near, Nature Conservancy Canada]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An Alvar beach in Manitoulin, Ontario — one of several sites studied for the IUCN&#039;s new Red List of Ecosystems.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[alvar beach]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Vole Population Booms on the Decline in Europe ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/28446-vole-population-booms-decline.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Smaller population peaks could deal a blow to many species that depend on these animals. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:54:04 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:47:06 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tanya Lewis ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WzJeftnMvX8B8Qux9iqutk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Collapses in populations of voles could decimate ecosystems]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[vole]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Dirt on Dirt: It's Mostly from Plains ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/27363-global-erosion-rates-and-carbon.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists are surprised to find lowlands may trap more carbon than steep slopes. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:34:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:23:31 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Becky Oskin ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MfftNgd3taRRSpRsBiiaLC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Mississippi River carries roughly 500 million tons of sediment into the Gulf of Mexico each year. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Mississippi River sediment plume]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Unique Andes Species Lack Protection, Study Finds ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new study based on data collected over the last 100 years shows that many of the species unique to the Andes-Amazon basin of Peru and Bolivia lack vital national-level protection. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:14:54 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:36:51 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Remy Melina ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/r8nHoFDurohBXEpMDV7hCk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[For the study, researchers analyzed the biodiversity of approximately 800 species endemic to the Andes-Amazon basin of Peru and Bolivia. The above photo shows a lush Bolivian forest.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[andes mountains, biodiversity]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Gallery: Rare Species of the Andes & Amazon ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/31115-rare-andes-amazon-species-gallery.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A gallery of the rare species and ecosystems endemic to the Andes-Amazon basin of Peru and Bolivia. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:28:49 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 07 Aug 2019 21:42:54 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Remy Melina ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ntwjd97wVmeo5Jpv3YejKK-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Bruce Young | Nature Serve]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A Century Later, Restored Wetlands Struggle to Recover ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/18095-restored-wetlands.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Even after 100 years, restored wetlands rarely equal their conditions of the past. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:02:54 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:54:54 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joseph Castro ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oEbMSZkcGXEr4bSSHF7gPe-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[David Moreno-Mateos/UC Berkeley]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Restored wetlands like this pond converted from agricultural use may look natural, but a new study shows that it can take hundreds of years for them to accumulate the plant assemblages and carbon resources of a natural, undamaged wetland.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[marsh]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Climate Change Ripples Through Mountain Ecosystems ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/17949-climate-change-cascading-effects.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Climate change affects elk foraging, which affects the densities of plants, which affects the populations of nesting birds. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:14:36 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:22:02 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joseph Castro ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cdmEKvbEUvYfai7qJoZZAn-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Tom Martin, U.S. Geological Survey]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The growth of aspens and other plants dramatically increases when winter-browsing elk are fenced out. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[elk climate change]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Wave of Alien Species Invade Mediterranean Sea ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/14339-wave-alien-species-invade-mediterranean-sea.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Hundreds of non-native species thriving at expense of native ecosystems. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 15:34:11 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:06:22 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Live Science Staff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Hhr2No7E79qfA4pVrKsna8-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A pufferfish (also called a blowfish) shows off its threatening spines.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Pufferfish]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Alien Giant Tortoise Helps Restore Ecosystem ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ By substituting one tortoise for extinct ones, scientists say they are healing an island. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:15:49 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:28:29 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Wynne Parry ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gX4TC3zuf2Y9Lg3gXZCH9M-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Simon Tollington]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[One of the Aldabra giant tortoises introduced to Ile aux Aigrettes to replace extinct giant tortoises.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Aldabra Giant Tortoise]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New Weapons Against Invasive Carp: Knife and Fork ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/13482-eating-asian-carp-fish-invasive-species.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The fight against Asian carp turns delicious. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:54:12 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:51:42 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Wynne Parry ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AuoHLvijfidRQWskmXoDzk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Fishermen bringing in a catch of invasive Asian carp.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Fishermen catching Asian carp]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Twisted Tropics: Growth of Vines Imperils Ecosystem ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Evidence is mounting that vines are becoming more abundant in tropical forests of the Americas, raising the possibility of major ecosystem change. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:45:14 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:20:26 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Wynne Parry ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5MGqGqbxYKoFvL8WdEsFEf-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Stefan Schnitzer]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Woody vines are becoming more abundant in the American tropics, studies suggest.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Woody, tropical vines]]></media:text>
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