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                    <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Elephants ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 480,000-year-old ax sharpener is the oldest known elephant bone tool ever discovered in Europe ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The "very rare" find provides an extraordinary glimpse into the ingenuity of early human relatives who lived around half a million years ago. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Aristos Georgiou ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ijK8j3VaBZcf5rhQC4z57M-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The 480,000-year-old elephant bone tool was discovered at the Boxgrove archaeological site in the United Kingdom.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A slightly trapezoidal tool made from an elephant bone against a black background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why do elephants have big ears? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Elephants have the largest ears in the animal kingdom, and there's a practical reason for that. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2025 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Elephants]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sara Hashemi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/j7u2wtpsm9yjrzumdLYC7k-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[After a rigorous play session with its cousin, an African elephant calf displays its enormous ears in the Skeleton Coast of Namibia. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A desert-adapted elephant calf (Loxodonta africana) sitting on its hind legs.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Watch zoo elephants form protective 'alert circle' around young during 5.2 San Diego earthquake ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The San Diego Zoo Safari Park's elephants raced to protect their calves with an "alert circle" when a 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck Julian in Southern California. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2025 15:18:47 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Elephants]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VSYENWzNqUvRRcq8hQbPqd-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A photograph of elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photograph of elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Do 'elephant graveyards' really exist? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Stories of vast graveyards where elephants go to die only scratch the surface of the fascinating death-related behaviors in these mammals. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2025 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Elephants]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emma Bryce ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/S6DU6uCZKisxYDtxP5KgDH-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Is there any truth to the myth that elephants purposefully die in &quot;graveyards&quot;?]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an aerial image showing elephants walking to a watering hole with their shadows stretching long behind them]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Elephant quiz: Test your smarts on the world's largest land animal ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Elephants have good memories, but what about you? Take this quiz to find out how much you know about elephants. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Marilyn Perkins ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SeueLbKG7KvVPV7mGHfe6X-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Young African elephant bull flares it&#039;s trunk and tusks in the air.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Young African elephant bull flares it&#039;s trunk and tusks in the air.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 6 animals where females reign supreme ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ From honeybees to elephants, here are six animals with female bosses. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:57 +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/GPk7j296ZLPpoUXYsFCKAn-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A herd of African elephants walks through Amboseli National Park in Kenya. Mount Kilimanjaro looms in the background.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A herd of African elephants walks through the grass in front of Mount Kilimanjaro in Kenya.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Elephants say 'hello' to friends by flapping their ears and making little rumbly noises ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Elephants use ear flaps, rumbles, trunk reaches and other forms of communication to greet peers, new research suggests. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2024 15:24:19 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:23 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Meg Duff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GQANitBHLBNuEbff2HHpcV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Elephants use a variety of gestures, sounds and visual cues to communicate, new research suggests.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Two elephant calves touching trunks.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Most of Gorongosa's large animals had died': How an African paradise for nature recovered from the ravages of war ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In this excerpt from the beautiful book "Rewild the World at Bedtime" by Emily Hawkins and illustrator by Ella Beech, we discover how one of Mozambique's most diverse national parks recovered from the devastating effects of war. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2024 11:00:26 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Elephants]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ alexander.mcnamara@futurenet.com (Alexander McNamara) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Alexander McNamara ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7iushqCGp7cS2Jm2JwLqkP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[&quot;Rewild the World at Bedtime&quot; by Emily Hawkins and illustrated by Ella Beech is available now.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Rewild the World at Bedtime by Emily Hawkins, illustrated by Ella Beech © Wide Eyed Editions, 2024]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient quarries in Israel reveal where Homo erectus hunted and butchered elephants ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers suggest ancient quarry sites in Israel were favored because they were close to elephant migration routes. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2024 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 15:05:03 +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/4FCWPyFjfQFz9dgUCc8eC5-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Illustration by Dana Ackerfeld]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Prehistoric elephant hunting using spears. Early Homo erectus may not have used spears but may have driven the giant animals into pit traps where they could be killed with clubs and handaxes.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Illustration of elephant hunting using spears by Dana Ackerfeld]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Woolly mammoth de-extinction inches closer after elephant stem cell breakthrough ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists at the company Colossal Biosciences have derived induced pluripotent stem cells from elephants, which they say could boost efforts to resurrect woolly mammoths. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2024 17:36:49 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:36 +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/X9JAq3j4JDTp2JBeTHhez9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Three woolly mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius) stride across a snow-covered landscape.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of three mammoths striding across a snow-covered landscape.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'They are very well aware of their agency': Elephant calf burial ritual discovered in India ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Elephant burial rituals have been discovered in India, with herd members placing calves upside down in irrigation pits then covering the bodies with soil. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2024 18:04:36 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:35 +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/unBqvHpwbfZRZhBN4JjmRc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Elephant calves have been found placed in irrigation pits then covered in soil by herd members. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Remains of a baby elephant, with its legs shown above the dirt.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Watch a rare pink albino elephant baby playing by a waterhole in adorable footage ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The adorable 1-year-old male calf was filmed enjoying playtime in Kruger National Park in South Africa. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2024 17:04:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:28 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ elise.poore@futurenet.com (Elise Poore) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Elise Poore ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/viRxFxBpYmR8utzbJi3uc6-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Theo Potgieter]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Elephants are typically gray, but this small calf, which belongs to the genus Loxodonta, has pink skin and fair hair.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Photo of the side profile of a pink albino elephant.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How 10 animals evolved their iconic features ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Why are whales so big? Why are giraffe's necks so long? Here are the origins of 10 iconic features in the animal kingdom. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ elise.poore@futurenet.com (Elise Poore) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Elise Poore ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qtTmXxBXiyFk86rWqxvbSb-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Two male giraffes sparring in a meadow. Giraffa cameloparda. Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana, Africa.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Two male giraffes sparring in a meadow. Giraffa cameloparda. Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana, Africa.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 10 times animals did weird things in 2023 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Animals' strange behaviors frequently made headlines this year, from orcas sinking boats to dogs drowning kangaroos. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 24 Dec 2023 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:40 +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/gC3y6ztyx9hsG5UhqSjtNj-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A juvenile orca carries a large piece of a rudder after attacking a boat in the Strait of Gibraltar.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A juvenile orca swims away from the yacht with a large piece of fiberglass from the rudder in its mouth.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists may have finally figured out how elephants got their incredible trunks ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Elephants appear to have evolved their long, grasping trunks as a result of climate change pressures on their ancestors millions of years ago. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2023 15:37:14 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:31 +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/9HUKW4du8Wm6cnWZ3BihsM-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Elephants have extremely dexterous trunks that can pick up a single peanut. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Two elephant calves play together with their trunks]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 2,800-year-old ivory carved with sphinx discovered in Turkey ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The artifact is from an Iron Age settlement at Hattusa that was established after the city was abandoned by the Hittites. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2023 21:52:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:18 +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/vi6psRdsKTYsHQ7LxPnRCg-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Archaeologists estimate that the carved piece of elephant&#039;s tusk is about 2800 years old.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Carved elephant ivory on a white display from the Iron Age.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'It's really quite remarkable': An interview with elephant expert Ross MacPhee about the giant pachyderms ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In this interview, elephant expert Ross MacPhee explains how the giant animals' tusks record every week of their lives and why their noses are so remarkable. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2023 11:00:05 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 12 May 2025 18:13:25 +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/yqbCsRKhfM2qKx8JbkAB6n-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Exhibit curator Ross MacPhee looks at a full-scale model of a molting woolly mammoth for &quot;The Secret World of Elephants&quot; exhibit.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Two people stand next to the model of a woolly mammoth in a workshop.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Dwarf elephants and shedding mammoths shine at NYC's 'Secret World of Elephants' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new show on "The Secret World of Elephants" at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City dishes on the evolution and remarkable lives of these huge (and sometimes dwarf) pachyderms. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2023 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:15 +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/Zx6WAUDZXyZTDznsooKoUj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The new exhibit sports a full-scale model of one of the most iconic extinct elephant relatives — a woolly mammoth, depicted in the process of shedding its winter coat.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A woman and child look at the full-size model of a woolly mammoth with curly tusks at a museum exhibit.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Elephants give each other names — the 1st non-human animals to do so, study claims ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Elephants in Kenya's Amboseli National Park appear to call to each other with individual names using low, complex "rumbles," a study has found. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2023 10:21:02 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:15 +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/jpq2UVvhn3cv3hEXLSVvC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[African elephants (Loxodonta africana) in Amboseli National Park, Kenya, appear to have names for each other. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Elephants of different sizes march towards the camera, kicking dust up from the dry mud beneath them]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Deadly bacteria may be the culprit behind mysterious elephant die-off ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists found a potential cause of a mysterious die-off of African savanna elephants in 2020 after they discovered deadly bacteria lurking in six corpses. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 04 Nov 2023 12:00:39 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:47:36 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ elise.poore@futurenet.com (Elise Poore) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Elise Poore ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AETzyWFNpZdZoyxxCYbBwX-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[In 2020, 35 African savannah elephants died in the north of Zimbabwe, shortly after the mass mortality incident in Botswana.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The body of a small elephant lies in the centre of the frame against tall dried grass in Botswana.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Airborne' elephant dangles from a crane by its feet in award-winning photo ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "Translocations have come to symbolize the mixed feelings I have about our relationship with the natural world," photographer Marcus Westberg said. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2023 17:21:31 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:50 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Aimee Gabay ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Mgt7pjMffoeSoFRpSjeej4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Airborne by Marcus Westberg, winner of the Change Makers: Reason for Hope category in the Environmental Photography Awards.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an elephant hanging by its feet from a crane with another tranquilized lying on the ground ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Elephants' giant, hot testicles could stop them getting cancer ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientist claims elephants' cancer-preventing genes may have evolved to protect their sperm from the scorching hot habitats they live in. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2023 09:16:08 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:48 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ethan Freedman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WTQCHGMjrMypZeBrXHPLh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Enigmatic Anglo-Saxon ivory rings discovered in elite burials came from African elephants 4,000 miles away ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Hundreds of elite Anglo-Saxon women were buried with mysterious ivory rings. Now, researchers know the ivory came from elephants living about 4,000 miles away from England. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2023 15:07:48 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:45 +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/s7eRsGzFWURScXB9M2tqDS-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[We see the skeletal remains of a woman in a dirt grave. A magnified image box shows an ivory ring around her thigh.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[We see the skeletal remains of a woman in a dirt grave. A magnified image box shows an ivory ring around her thigh.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 2,300-year-old Buddhist elephant statue from India is one of the oldest known ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Archaeologists in eastern India have unearthed an elephant statue thought to date to the third century B.C., when the region was mainly Buddhist. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2023 16:52:54 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:31 +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/JHcydKoLQwp37kgm27ZCcB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Elephants commonly appear in Buddhist art from the period and archaeologists think it is a relic of early Buddhist worship in the region.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[We see the stone-carved statue of an elephant with its trunk curved downward toward the ground. It is in a dirt-covered area of a grass field.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Nearly 6 million-year-old 'elephant graveyard' unearthed in Florida ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Paleontologists have uncovered a graveyard of ancient elephant relatives. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2023 16:25:06 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:29 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kiley Price ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2vo2d3fvDFHwBxKxBKwQ8H-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Archaeologists and volunteers excavate the gomphothere graveyard in northern Florida, covering the fossils in plaster casts to protect them. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[We see six people in a rocky area with excavated fossils on the ground and covered in plaster blocks.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Wild African elephants may have domesticated themselves ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/animals/land-mammals/wild-african-elephants-may-have-domesticated-themselves</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Wild elephants play, help sick members of their species and babysit each other's young, suggesting they domesticated themselves. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2023 13:00:06 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:02 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Carissa Wong ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/D8P4RvQyqBZAj82GVQ8o3M-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Two elephants greeting each other at the Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Two elephants greeting each other at the Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Do elephants really 'never forget'? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Elephants are known for their extraordinary memories, but is it true that they never forget? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2023 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:22:33 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joshua A. Krisch ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ATbXyvTWdhWBBBnGfa958f-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[African elephants excel at remembering facts that are key to their survival.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[African elephants excel at remembering facts that are key to their survival.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Do animals grieve? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Elephants gather round their dead, dogs go into decline and chimpanzees stop eating when their companions die. Is this grief, as humans know it? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2022 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:35:53 +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/x4yAjbP7W3LrbWg7XTTGRg-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Photo of a chimpanzee sitting down in the grass. Their arms are folded, with one hand underneath their chin. They have a pensive expression on their face.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Photo of a chimpanzee sitting down in the grass. Their arms are folded, with one hand underneath their chin. They have a pensive expression on their face.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Asian elephant mom carries dead calf for weeks, new eye-opening videos reveal ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/asian-elephants-mourn-dead</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Asian elephants, like their African cousins, seem to mourn their dead, sometimes carrying their lost infants for days or weeks. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2022 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:39:00 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Teke6qoMTmzBvdy7zMBcbf-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Female elephants are very protective of their calves, and when youngsters die, some mothers continue carrying their babies&#039; corpses.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A newborn Asian elephant stands with its mother Azizah at Whipsnade Wild Animal Park on Sept. 29, 2004 in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Spanish police seize more than 1,000 stuffed animals, including endangered and extinct species ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Spanish police have seized 1,090 taxidermy animals from a warehouse in eastern Spain. Around a third of the specimens belong to species that are endangered or are already extinct. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2022 13:46:07 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:39:53 +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/Dv8FDPiKYhyXE2hpjwG7NW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A taxidermy elephant, rhino and cheetah, as well as other animals, from the collection seized by Spanish police.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A taxidermy elephant, rhino and cheetah, as well as other animals, from the collection seized by Spanish police.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 10 weird things scientists calculated in 2021 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ From the number of bubbles in a typical glass of beer to the weight of all the coronavirus particles circulating in the world, here are 10 weird things scientists calculated in 2021. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2021 12:00:25 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:53:58 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ysaplakoglu@livescience.com (Yasemin Saplakoglu) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yasemin Saplakoglu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tkryGtvdcBBf8svpoDYwmm-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Pi is an irrational number, meaning it has an infinite number of decimal points.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Pi is an irrational number, meaning it has an infinite number of decimal points.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How would Earth be different if modern humans never existed? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/what-if-humans-never-existed-on-earth</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Humanity shaped the world at the expense of many species, which were driven to extinction through our activities. How would Earth be different if modern humans never existed? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2021 17:21:25 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:18:11 +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/G8whpkdgRXv3nhFxVqvnUg-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of an extinct Glyptodon.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of an extinct Glyptodon.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ After rampant ivory poaching, some African elephants lost their tusks — Why? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ For some elephants, survival meant ditching their tusks. Now they are slowly getting them back. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2021 19:36:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:57:29 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ cameronbduke@gmail.com (Cameron Duke) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Cameron Duke ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rvFpfXVchpZPrtBh8NWAX6-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A tuskless matriarch defends her herd in Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A matriarch defends her herd in Gongorosa Park in Mozambique]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Baby elephants frolicked in an ancient 'nursery,' fossil footprints show ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Over 100,000 years ago, extinct relatives of modern elephants lived in matriarchal groups, according to preserved trackways in southwestern Spain. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2021 13:50:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:31:58 +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/t3PpCnLXetiS42SPwYVMrM-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Reconstitution of mother-newborn interaction in the Matalascañas Trampled Surface.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Reconstitution of mother-newborn interaction in the Matalascañas Trampled Surface.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Baby elephant abandoned by internet-famous herd has been rescued ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An injured baby elephant that was abandoned by its herd in China has been rescued by a local animal rescue group, according to recent news reports. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2021 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 15 Jul 2021 16:24:22 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ysaplakoglu@livescience.com (Yasemin Saplakoglu) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yasemin Saplakoglu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WGzcuRs4XGskZC3TSMbUNS-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[In this aerial photo from June 14, 2021, a herd of wild Asian elephants rests in Shijie Township of Yimen County, Yuxi City, southwest China&#039;s Yunnan Province.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[In this aerial photo from June 14, 2021, a herd of wild Asian elephants rests in Shijie Township of Yimen County, Yuxi City, southwest China&#039;s Yunnan Province.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Elephants inhale water at 330 mph ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Suction in elephants' trunks is more powerful than scientists thought, about 30 times as forceful as the expulsion of air during a human sneeze. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2021 19:14:31 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:18:12 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/gif" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fJpLvpp7acYCwau9pcM7TQ-1280-80.gif">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[David Hu]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Elephants&#039; trunks can suck up a gallon of water in under two seconds.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Elephants&#039; trunks can suck up a gallon of water in under two seconds.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Were the first humans superpredators? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new hypothesis suggests that humans were hypercarnivores more than 2 million years ago, specializing in taking down the largest prey. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2021 12:39:35 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:58:47 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/q5DyGqtJfCuB9vpaNJAUqX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Steppe Mammoths, one example of a megaherbivore that has gone extinct. This species likely went extinct around 200,000 years ago in Europe.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of the steppe mammoths that preceded the woolly mammoth, based on the genetic knowledge from the Adycha mammoth.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Which animal has the largest ears? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The animal with the largest ears relative to body size is actually quite tiny. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ashley P. Taylor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/niy7SsPYAJTKCHhMLjPsE5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The long-eared jerboa, a desert rodent, has the largest ears, relative to the size of its body, of any animal.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The long-eared jerboa, a desert rodent, has the largest ears, relative to the size of its body, of any animal.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Elephants counted from space using satellites and AI ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A combination of satellite images and deep learning computer algorithms can spot elephants from space as well as the human eye. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2021 16:24:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:35:46 +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/nXgSrSjNFbBAg4yw65MZQd-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Man revives baby elephant using CPR: How does that work? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A man successfully revived a baby elephant using CPR after the animal was involved in a road accident. How did he do it? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:52:04 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:09:15 +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/CJopByNbMBD7zPM9KVCope-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Baby elephant sleeping against a wall at a zoo in Lützen, Germany.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Baby elephant sleeping against a wall at a zoo in Lützen, Germany.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why do some animals sleep so much? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Body size and diet might impact how much sleep mammals need. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kelly Slivka ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kbrfXADLbnaJqqf7kRbHKK-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Some pets are champion sleepers.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Some pets are champion sleepers.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 350 elephants killed by 'a combination of neurotoxins' in water, Botswana government says ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Toxic cyanobacteria may have killed 350 elephants in Botswana, government says ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2020 15:39:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:55:36 +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/XQ5UguXczAMndj5epMjuN8-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Some of the elephants were seen walking in circles before collapsing face-first into the earth in Botswana.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Some of the elephants were seen walking in circles before collapsing face-first into the earth in Botswana.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Can CBD soothe mourning elephants? A Polish zoo is about to find out ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A zoo in Poland plans to test cannabidiol — also known as CBD, a chemical found in cannabis — on its elephants. The elephants are stressed after a death in the herd. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2020 21:28:42 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:55:21 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rafi Letzter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/irmDXDrciJ3N4PpMPZ2hSL-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ This palm-sized elephant relative was just sighted for the first time in 50 years ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A bit of peanut butter lured the wee mammal out from the rocky lands of Djibouti in the Horn of Africa. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2020 20:17:04 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:32:59 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ysaplakoglu@livescience.com (Yasemin Saplakoglu) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yasemin Saplakoglu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GnZ96id2RL5LBEhbUwocVZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This is the first-ever photo of a live Somali Sengi, a tiny mammal that was recently rediscovered in Africa.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[This is the first-ever photo of a live Somali Sengi, a tiny mammal that was recently rediscovered in Africa.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Live Science podcast 'Life's Little Mysteries' Episode 46: Mysterious Elephants ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Elephants are part of a family that's been around for approximately 16 million years, and they are the biggest land animals alive today. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2020 11:59:38 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:32:50 +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/JXCFUaowxckcLvAsGwxDYE-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 350 elephants drop dead in Botswana, some walking in circles before doing face-plants ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ More than 350 elephants in Botswana have mysteriously died since May, in a phenomenon that some scientists have dubbed a "conservation disaster," and one that has evaded explanation. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2020 16:45:09 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:32:31 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeanna Bryner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XQ5UguXczAMndj5epMjuN8-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Some of the elephants were seen walking in circles before collapsing face-first into the earth in Botswana.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Some of the elephants were seen walking in circles before collapsing face-first into the earth in Botswana.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Elephant in India dies after possibly eating fruit stuffed with explosives ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A pregnant wild elephant in Kerala, India, died on May 27, possibly due to an explosion in her mouth after she ate a fruit stuffed with firecrackers. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2020 14:13:57 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:32:55 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeanna Bryner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8YwcK9pLkjoFLT5ATkTKec-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Police and onlookers stand on the banks of the Velliyar River in Palakkad district of Kerala on May 27, 2020, as a dead wild elephant is pulled from the water. The elephant died following injuries it sustained after eating a pineapple filled with firecrackers.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Police and onlookers stand on the banks of the Velliyar River in Palakkad district of Kerala on May 27, 2020, as a dead wild elephant is pulled from the water. The elephant died following injuries it sustained after eating a pineapple filled with firecrackers.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 300,000-year-old remains of towering elephant species discovered in Germany ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The elephant likely died of old age, and stone tools nearby indicate it was scavenged. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2020 14:58:25 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:32:42 +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/TQBR4MMSzrgv97xvFonFJ9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This is how the ancient humans may have discovered the elephant&#039;s carcass on a lake shore at what is now Schöningen, Germany. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[This is how the ancient humans may have discovered the elephant&#039;s carcass at what is now Schöningen, Germany. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Viral story of 'drunk elephants' in China is adorable ... and false. Here's what really happened. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Photos of allegedly "drunken elephants" quickly went viral on Twitter. But the elephants weren't drunk, they were just resting, officials said. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2020 18:56:53 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:54:35 +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/VRQTHSDQWzPzyDYqVNYT43-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Wild elephants walk along a village road in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China, on Aug. 1, 2019.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Wild elephants walk along a village road in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China, on Aug. 1, 2019.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Elephants in China got drunk and passed out in a garden ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A herd of elephants recently overindulged on corn wine in a village in China's Yunnan Province, and a photo of two tipsy pachyderms went viral. ]]>
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                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Elephants]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Animals]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Land Mammals]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Qt6ubW65cx5hcypcnJZ7DB-1280-80.jpg">
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