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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'He began to cry, and almost fell to the floor': The fluffy fossil that finally showed the world that birds are dinosaurs ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In this excerpt from "The Story of Birds", author Steve Brusatte explores the moment where paleontologists realized they had critical evidence to show birds came from dinosaurs — a fluffy fossil from China. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Steve Brusatte ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/X6iomE9sZY5ANoaAJuE28S-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;Archaeopteryx&lt;/em&gt; was discovered in the 1860s and provided the first hint that birds and dinosaurs may be related. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a bird dinosaur on a black background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Strange mammal ancestor laid huge, leathery eggs —‬ and it was key to surviving the world's worst mass extinction ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Using synchrotron X-ray CT scans of a fossilized, intact embryo, researchers found evidence that the plant-eating mammal Lystrosaurus laid eggs, which answers a key question about mammalian evolution. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenna Hughes-Castleberry ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/H5KqFSt7L4HRdcxnRor7Zm-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Professor Julien Benoit]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A researcher holds up the fossilized egg in the control room of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in France, just before its scan. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An ovular shape fossil and a 3D scan showing what&#039;s inside]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Triassic croc relative from Ghost Ranch, New Mexico finally identified after nearly 80 years in museum basement ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ During the Triassic, a newly described species related to modern crocodiles and alligators stalked prey on land, not the water, a new study finds. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Skyler Ware ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/S2KzCXQNeqzgDbSTUJFjMQ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ Julio Lacerda]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The newly named genus and species &lt;em&gt;Eosphorosuchus lacrimosa&lt;/em&gt; (left) is bitten by &lt;em&gt;Hesperosuchus agilis&lt;/em&gt; (right) near a &lt;em&gt;Coelophysis&lt;/em&gt; carcass at what is now Ghost Ranch, New Mexico.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration shows two four-legged crocodile-like animals standing over a large, long-necked animal carcass lying in a stream.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fossil site in China reveals bevy of complex creatures lived prior to the Cambrian explosion, including a 'Dune'-like sandworm ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A site in southwestern China holds a wide array of strange life-forms that emerged prior to the Cambrian explosion, and it pushes back the origin of complex life by millions of years. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Skyler Ware ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Q52qsnVMtgydVfJc6V2Z9F-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Xiaodong Wang]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s reconstruction of Jiangchuan biota (~554-539 million years ago).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a blue and green seabed floor with various paleolithic creatures standing up and swimming around]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'It blew my mind': Long-lost ice-age ecosystem, including fossils of lion-size armadillo and giant ground sloth, discovered in Texas 'water cave' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Two researchers snorkeling in a subterranean stream in Texas discovered fossils from the Late Pleistocene epoch, revealing new details about what lived in this ancient ecosystem. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:00:24 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Extinct species]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenna Hughes-Castleberry ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Sh6bnoJECZeFNg8TJwmA2G-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Researchers discovered fossils of an ancient armadillo-like ancestor and giant tortoise in a cave in Texas.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A person wearing a black suit and hard hat with a flashlight on it bends over a circular wall of a small cave. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Prehistoric water-dwelling weirdo with sideways teeth and a twisted jaw was already a 'living fossil' 275 million years ago ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists have described Tanyka amnicola, a newly identified species of prehistoric creature that lived 275 million years ago and had a bizarre twisted jaw with sideways-facing teeth. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:05:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 16:55:25 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Aristos Georgiou ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QQjRAtsBye9Tdq5QLQCY7P-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Vitor Silva]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s illustration showing what the newly described species, &lt;em&gt;Tanyka amnicola&lt;/em&gt;, may have looked like. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Tanyka amnicola]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 95 million-year-old Spinosaurus had a scimitar-shaped head crest and waded through the Sahara's rivers like a 'hell heron' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers have identified a new Spinosaurus species with a blade-like crest in Niger, changing our understanding of dinosaur evolution and behavior. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 22:56:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenna Hughes-Castleberry ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wwBKPrYzn4jHpjHyHSnebh-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Artwork by Dani Navarro]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration shows Spinosaurus mirabilis standing along a river&#039;s edge over its prey some 95 million years ago.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a large dinosaur standing on its hindlegs with a large back sail and sharp spike on its head, with a bloody carcass below it. The animal stands on a glowing sandy riverbed with grass on either side of it]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Our adorable, noodle-like ancestor had 4 eyes, half-a-billion-year-old fossils reveal ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The earliest recorded vertebrates had four eyes to escape predators in the ancient Cambrian ocean, according to half-a-billion-year-old fossils from China that shed light on our evolutionary origins. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:15:21 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:59:44 +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/4LCaQZxPBWLwHwoHG4xVJP-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Xiangtong Lei &amp; Sihang Zhang]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Researchers have discovered myllokunmingids with four eyes on their heads.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s reconstruction of a myllokunmingid with four eyes. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Archaeopteryx, one of the world's first proto birds, has a set of weird, never-before-seen features, new study reveals ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Iconic transition species between dinosaurs and birds may have had weird 'teeth' on roof of its mouth and a highly mobile tongue, study reveals ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 09:48:29 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 23:03:49 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Aristos Georgiou ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QrZ2owtVfY6p2TpU5DBPqd-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Illustration by Ville Sinkkonen.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A reconstruction of &lt;em&gt;Archaeopteryx&lt;/em&gt;, with the oral papillae on the roof of its mouth and a highly mobile tongue visible.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A life reconstruction of Archaeopteryx, including the oral papillae on the roof of its mouth, a bill-tip organ at the end of its beak, and a flexible-yet-sturdy tongue made possible by an extra tongue bone. Illustration by Ville Sinkkonen.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Rock climbers in Italy accidentally discovered evidence of an 80 million-year-old sea turtle stampede ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists say grooves on a rock face overlooking the Adriatic Sea may have been made by sea turtles fleeing an earthquake. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 13:38:11 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 12:34:35 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeanne Timmons ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DPeR8JSiuKfRQ5Keifynsb-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Paolo Sandroni]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The grooves that may be evidence of a sea turtle stampede were found on a rock face in Italy by climbers. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Wall side of a hill will hundreds of thousands of indentations that are prints from an ancient sea turtle stampede.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ T. rex quiz: How much do you really know about the king of the dinosaurs? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Almost everyone has heard of Tyrannosaurus rex, but how much do you actually know about this iconic dinosaur predator? Take our quiz to find out. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Chris Simms ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fzjGtMtve8B7czjJPuvNrZ-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs that ever lived.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Tyrannosaurus and velociraptor walking through the forest. This Dinosaur lived in the late Cretaceous period. This is a 3d render illustration.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Giant 'cow of the Cretaceous' discovered almost 100 years ago identified as new duck-billed dinosaur ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The dino lived during the Late Cretaceous alongside other hadrosaurids in present-day New Mexico. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Skyler Ware ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GHYrbv8uxQUw2CdFrNRQJj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Artist impression of &lt;em&gt;Ahshislesaurus wimani&lt;/em&gt;, a giant duck-billed dinosaur that lived approximately 75 million years ago.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Life reconstruction of Ahshislesaurus wimani ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Spinosaurus relative longer than a pickup truck stalked Thailand's rivers 125 million years ago ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A large fish-eating dinosaur died beside a river 125 million years ago in Cretaceous Thailand. Now, the remains of this ancient predator are helping researchers better understand Asia's enigmatic spinosaurids. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 19:50:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Dinosaurs]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LnRodppzLM4GeZ8jiaTNtb-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Kmonvich Lawan]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of two young spinosaurids hunting a juvenile Phuwiangosaurus in Cretaceous Thailand. A large adult spinosaurid rests in the background beside a body of water, while two feathered Kinnareemimus are depicted by trees. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of two young spinosaurids hunting a juvenile Phuwiangosaurus in Cretaceous Thailand. A large adult spinosaurid rests in the background beside a body of water, while two feathered Kinnareemimus are depicted by trees. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient burrowing bees made their nests in the tooth cavities and vertebrae of dead rodents, scientists discover ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists made a unique discovery in a cave on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola: dozens of fossilized bee nests inside rodent bones that were deposited by owls thousands of years ago. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:05:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:38:06 +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/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BLnQYNFnnLxCmXR36LzMah-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Scientists have discovered the first evidence of bees nesting inside pre-existing fossil cavities in a cave on Hispaniola.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Illustration of bee nests inside fossilized bones buried underground in a cave.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 18,000 dinosaur tracks discovered along ancient Bolivian coastline — and they set a new record ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers have counted 16,600 fossilized dinosaur footprints and 1,378 swim tracks at a site in Bolivia that showcase a variety of behaviors and different theropods from the Cretaceous period. ]]>
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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/mMRao3HUgomLUKPg3u5LSV-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Raúl Esperante]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[With the discovery, Carreras Pampa in Bolivia has become one of the premier dinosaur track sites in the world.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[View of a palaeontology study site in Bolivia with thousands of dinosaur tracks.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Large, bone-crushing dogs stalked 'Rhino Pompeii' after Yellowstone eruption 12 million years ago, ancient footprints reveal ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers have found footprints of large, bone-crushing dogs in the 12 million-year-old Ashfall Fossil Beds in northeastern Nebraska, suggesting these large carnivores may have survived a cataclysmic Yellowstone eruption that covered parts of North America in ash. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CuwBtyksNkiTz9CvpfM4WK-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Ashfall Fossil Beds are nicknamed &quot;Rhino Pompeii&quot; because they preserved a herd of extinct rhino carcasses, which the newly identified predators may have fed on.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of a Teleoceras rhino skeleton being excavated at the Ashfall Fossil Beds. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Woolly mammoths fight off attacking saber-toothed cats in stunning new 'Prehistoric Planet' clip ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A clip from the upcoming series "Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age" shows how iconic ice age creatures adapted to their changing environment as temperatures rose and ice sheets started to melt. ]]>
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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/rxSTKNor9v6iZRcDCha88A-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A saber-toothed cat hanging off the trunk of a woolly mammoth in a new animation.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A saber-toothed cat hanging off the trunk of a woolly mammoth in a new animation.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mammoth RNA sequenced for the first time, marking a giant leap toward understanding prehistoric life ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists successfully sequence the RNA from woolly mammoths found in Siberia that lived up between 10,000 thousand and 50,000 years ago. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 17:00:06 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 10:52:02 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeanne Timmons ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6grNZ6egDVYqM5K3PwVeQk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Researchers sequenced RNA from an exceptionally well-preserved mammoth leg, shown above.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a researcher holds up a preserved mammoth leg]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Giant North American 'hell pigs' could crunch bones like lions 30 million years ago, tooth analysis reveals ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Archaeotherium, or North American "hell pigs," had different feeding strategies depending on their size, according to preliminary research presented at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 2025 annual meeting. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZZo6BmjLyyqZrHWLbxYySd-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An &lt;em&gt;Archaeotherium &lt;/em&gt;skull on display at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in Oregon. The photo is for illustrative purposes only; this fossil wasn&#039;t part of the new research.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of a large Archaeotherium skull on display at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in Oregon.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 240 million-year-old 'warrior' crocodile ancestor from Pangaea had plated armor — and it looked just like a dinosaur ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The armor-plated lizard is an ancestor of modern crocodiles and lived just before dinosaurs took over Earth. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sarah Wild ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mp7pM8NNNKSiCndoJaEk8X-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Artist reconstruction of the crocodile ancestor, &lt;em&gt;Tainrakuasuchus bellator, &lt;/em&gt;which lived before the dinosaurs. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Artist reconstruction of crocodile ancestor, Tainrakuasuchus bellator.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ First of its kind 'butt drag fossil' discovered in South Africa — and it was left by a fuzzy elephant relative 126,000 years ago ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The first hyrax fossil tracks and traces ever to be discovered were identified on South Africa's coast. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Helm ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xKfjzASnWpkrupDghM66ph-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The probable hyrax butt-drag trace; the feature to the right of center is interpreted as a probable coprolite (fossilized dung).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a rock with a long, raised track mark on it]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient 'frosty' rhino from Canada's High Arctic rewrites what scientists thought they knew about the North Atlantic Land Bridge ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers have gained new insights into rhinoceros evolution and the longevity of the North Atlantic Land Bridge from analyzing the perfectly preserved fossils of a "frosty" Arctic rhino. ]]>
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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/27LzWoiGtuGLJRtRv3vvpQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s impression of &lt;em&gt;Epiatheracerium itjilik&lt;/em&gt; and a transitional seal (&lt;em&gt;Puijila darwini&lt;/em&gt;) in their forested lake habitat.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Artist&#039;s impression of a newfound extinct rhino species in its habitat. We see a hornless rhino starting by a river and a seal floating in the water.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Nanotyrannus isn't a 'mini T. Rex' after all — it's a new species, 'dueling dinosaurs' fossil reveals ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An argument over whether fossils from several small dinosaurs represent a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex or smaller adults of a separate species may finally be settled. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Chris Simms ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6ninFYXbogysh3kmw8CGVe-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of a pack of &lt;em&gt;Nanotyrannus&lt;/em&gt; dinosaurs attacking a young &lt;em&gt;Tyrannosaurus rex&lt;/em&gt;. A new study finds that the controversial &lt;em&gt;Nanotyrannus&lt;/em&gt; is a real species and not simply a juvenile &lt;em&gt;T. rex.&lt;/em&gt;]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Artist illustration of a pack of Nanotyrannus attacks a juvenile T. rex]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ First-ever 'mummified' and hoofed dinosaur discovered in Wyoming badlands ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers have unearthed two dinosaur "mummies" in the badlands of Wyoming, confirming duck-billed dinosaurs had hooves, alongside a string of other discoveries. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 13:49:23 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 22:53:51 +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/MbA5AW8VV7MebWsofpag6o-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A photograph of the juvenile duck-billed dinosaur Edmontosaurus annectens preserved as a dried carcass. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photograph of the juvenile duck-billed dinosaur Edmontosaurus annectens preserved as a dried carcass. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Rare fossils in New Mexico reveal dinosaurs were doing just fine before the asteroid annihilated them all ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ New dating has revealed that New Mexico's last dinosaurs were healthy, diverse and thriving at the end of the Cretaceous period, suggesting non-avian dinosaurs weren't in decline before being snuffed out by the asteroid strike. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 15:07:09 +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/k9b2zwtv2Jh3PKdRByKiEQ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Natalia Jagielska]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of Alamosaurus rearing as the dinosaur-ending asteroid struck Earth. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of Alamosaurus rearing as the dinosaur-ending asteroid struck Earth. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New species of Jurassic 'sword dragon' could help solve an evolutionary mystery ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The newly discovered ichthyosaur dubbed Xiphodracon goldencapsis was about 10 feet long and had a sword-shaped snout. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Extinct species]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Skyler Ware ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xaubTnbRejWWbReoGpTD93-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Dean Lomax, Judy Massare, and Erin Maxwell]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The ichthyosaur fossil was discovered in 2001 but has only recently been studied. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Two researchers pose next to a large fossil of a marine reptile with a pointed snout]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mysterious 160 million-year-old creature unearthed on Isle of Skye is part lizard, part snake ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers have discovered a mysterious ancient lizard with snake-like teeth in Scotland. Breugnathair elgolensis is one of the oldest relatively complete lizard fossils and helps scientists better understand the origins of snakes in the Jurassic period. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ncj5Kfhz3ebrfyvKeaQ59H-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;Breugnathair elgolensis&lt;/em&gt;, or the &quot;false snake of Elgol,&quot; was discovered near the village of Elgol in Scotland.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of Breugnathair elgolensis with its mouth open, showing hooked, snake-like teeth. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 95 million-year-old 'tiny, tiny skull' from never-before-seen crocodile-like creature discovered in Montana ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers have described a whole new family of extinct crocodyliforms based on the fossilized remains of a single teenage croc named Elton discovered in the Blackleaf Formation. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 14:31:56 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Extinct species]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BXuoH8p7G7ooZxTkGoWAQm-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artistic rendering of Elton (&lt;em&gt;Thikarisuchus xenodentes)&lt;/em&gt;, an extinct crocodyliform from the Cretaceous in North America.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Illustration of a newfound extinct species of crocodile-like creature. Its jaws are open, revealing differently shaped teeth.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Gigantic dinosaur with 'claws like hedge trimmers' found with croc leg still in its jaws in Argentina ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Speedy megaraptor Joaquinraptor casali had big arms and claws like hedge trimmers that would have made T. rex's forelimbs look puny. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 15:43:25 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Chris Simms ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4WGx3Hni2Tg5GFxarBxK6m-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Artist impression of &lt;em&gt;Joaquinraptor casali&lt;/em&gt;, a newly-discovered megaraptor from Argentina. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Joaquinraptor life reconstruction med res.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Oldest-known dome-headed dinosaur discovered sticking out of a cliff in Mongolia's Gobi Desert  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The juvenile pachycephalosaurs, which predates the previous oldest dome-headed dinosaur by 15 million years, reveals more about how and when this unusual feature developed. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:16:09 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 09:45:30 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Skyler Ware ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WdBBWEVJEXCFaFwAFfpvo3-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Masaya Hattori]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A juvenile dome-headed dinosaur is the oldest and most complete pachycephalosaur fossil found to date.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Artist&#039;s reconstrution of the pachycephalosaur.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Our hearts stopped': Scientists find baby pterosaurs died in violent Jurassic storm 150 million years ago ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers found storm injuries during a baby pterosaur post-mortem, solving a Jurassic mystery that was 150 million years in the making. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:20:23 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 16:03:31 +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/6UmaxYh8jYqDVghcytuixc-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Artwork by Rudolf Hima]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Fossils reveal that two &lt;em&gt;Pterodactylus &lt;/em&gt;babies died in a heavy storm.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a baby Pterodactylus swept up in a heavy storm.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient DNA from Mexico's mammoths reveals unexpected — and unexplained — genetic mysteries  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Columbian mammoths in Mexico are genetically different from those in the U.S. and Canada, surprise DNA study reveals. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeanne Timmons ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rNoPA8WbQ7QxBHW4VaGGNe-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Gerardo Peña, INAH.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A mammoth tooth unearthed in Mexico during construction of the Felipe Ángeles International Airport in Santa Lucía.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Mammoth molar tagged.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'So weird': Ankylosaur with 3-foot spikes sticking out of its neck discovered in Morocco  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The ostentatious spikes of a newly described ankylosaur fossil suggest that its armor evolved via sexual selection. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 15:06:46 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 09:42:41 +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/o2UUZkBHhpXhd4Fa85aZLE-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Matthew Dempsey]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Artist impression of &lt;em&gt;S. afer, &lt;/em&gt;an early ankylosaur that had huge spikes sticking from its neck. &lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artistic reconstruction of the Spicomellus after, whose skeleton was covered in spikes, some fused to the animal’s skeleton, measuring as much as a metre long]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 115 million-year-old dinosaur tracks unearthed in Texas after devastating floods ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ While clearing debris from the devastating floods in Texas in July, volunteers uncovered 15 large dinosaur footprints thought to belong to a formidable prehistoric predator. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ pandora.dewan@futurenet.com (Pandora Dewan) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Pandora Dewan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/F4RzLcdtpSfxNtPSgp9d7T-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[15 dinosaur footprints dating back 115 million years have been unearthed by Texas floodwater. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A 3-toed dinosaur footprint in the ground in Texas.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Most remarkable' fossil of Jurassic sea monster from Germany is previously unknown species ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Paleontologists in Germany have described a never-before-seen species of Jurassic marine reptile from 183 million years ago. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ perri.thaler@futurenet.com (Perri Thaler) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Perri Thaler ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NxJeFEnUfdG7hADDSNruFb-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s reconstruction of the Jurassic sea monster, &lt;em&gt;Plesionectes longicollum&lt;/em&gt;.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s rendition of Plesionectes longicollum swimming underwater.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient shark discovered deep inside world's longest cave system ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The National Park Service has announced another ancient shark discovery at Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. The latest find, named Macadens olsoni, had a unique curved row of teeth and lived around 340 million years ago. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YTF3Jwhg7bsc6BHhzibekV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of Macadens olson hunting in the Mississippian Sea.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of Macadens olson hunting in the Mississippian Sea.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ T. rex relatives 'moonwalked' to attract mates, newfound dinosaur ‘mating arena' suggests ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers have identified a "mating arena" at Dinosaur Ridge where male theropods gathered during the Cretaceous period to display in front of females. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jEuc3rp8fnxManaQSKhTF3-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Dinosaur Ridge in Colorado is a fossil site famous for its dinosaur tracks.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photograph of dinosaur footprints on a rock surface at Dinosaur Ridge. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Bite marks reveal giant terror birds were potentially prey for another apex predator — humongous caiman ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers have found evidence of a titanic tussle between a terror bird and a large caiman in Colombia's ancient La Venta wetlands. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8VgzmziyjjCTE3YZJSimDR-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The new study suggests that giant terror birds could have been prey if they weren&#039;t careful near water. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a caiman attacking a terror bird in Colombia&#039;s ancient La Venta wetlands. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why giant moa — a bird that once towered over humans — are even harder to de-extinct than dire wolves ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Colossal Biosciences has announced a partnership to resurrect giant flightless birds called moa. But the company's recent dire wolf project was controversial, and moa are an even more ambitious target for de-extinction. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yvZ5v2VbHXjxuYaopHdUtj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Colossal released an AI (artificial intelligence) rendering of the South Island giant moa.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An AI rendering of the South Island giant moa. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Beautifully preserved' ice age horse skull unearthed in Yukon mine ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ New pictures taken in Yukon, Canada, show a perfectly preserved fossil skull, which experts say belonged to a male, teenage horse that lived during the last ice age. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 16:48:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 18:32:41 +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/Hr9NWA7jQpK6aBjqtDSCkC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Researchers discovered a horse skull dating back to the last ice age in a Yukon mine.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Closeup of a horse skull from the last ice age unearthed in a Yukon mine.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'We're bringing back avian dinosaurs': De-extinction company claims it will resurrect the giant moa in next 10 years ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The South Island giant moa could be the next species that biotech company Colossal Biosciences "brings back" from extinction — but experts say the result will not and "cannot be" a moa. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:26:42 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Extinct species]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XGd7w37cvuYhqjaB9QphqJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Moas were hunted to extinction around 600 years ago, but now, scientists want to bring them back.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Color printed illustration showing two giant moas being aimed at with arrows by Maori hunters.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Ash-winged dawn goddess' is oldest pterosaur ever discovered in North America — and it was small enough to sit 'on your shoulder' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A cache of Triassic fossils in Arizona has revealed Eotephradactylus mcintireae, or "ash-winged dawn goddess," the oldest pterosaur ever discovered in North America. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:08:49 +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/xP7yUoWiWGmSkGQwvZn2oX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A cropped illustration of the small pterosaur, Eotephradactylus mcintireae, feeding on fish in an ancient Late Triassic ecosystem. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A cropped illustration of the small pterosaur, Eotephradactylus mcintireae, feeding on fish in an ancient Late Triassic ecosystem. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'It's how I would imagine I would react if I saw a real-life giant dinosaur': What Jurassic World Rebirth's scientific advisor thinks of the movie  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The summer blockbuster Jurassic World Rebirth is hitting theaters, so Live Science asked paleontologist Steve Brusatte what it's like being the movie's scientific advisor. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 15:54:33 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:02:29 +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/mLgphwCGucUerpqhJHkwUU-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Actor Luna Blaise faces a ferocious &lt;em&gt;Tyrannosaurus rex &lt;/em&gt;in &quot;Jurassic World Rebirth,&quot; directed by Gareth Edwards.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a still from a movie of a T. rex roaring at a woman in a forest]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mysterious 'runner' dinosaur a sign there are more Jurassic secrets to unlock beneath western US ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The discovery of Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae, a dog-size "runner" dinosaur, has left researchers re-evaluating Nanosaurus and several other US dinosaurs from the Morrison Formation in Colorado. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 17:54:29 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 22:48:02 +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/xo3Jr8Q8uibzkBRRafaknc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The newfound dinosaur &lt;em&gt;Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae &lt;/em&gt;was discovered in the Morrison Formation in Colorado.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Statistically, that shouldn’t have happened': Something very weird occurred in the ocean after the dinosaur-killing asteroid hit ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Not everything dies in a mass extinction. Sea life recovered in different and surprising ways after the asteroid strike 66 million years ago. Ancient fossils recorded it all. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2025 17:01:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Extinct species]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stewart Edie ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rpEkxmfV6NoqQAsSSvbHyW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Even bivalves looked different during the time of the dinosaurs, as these fossils of an ultra-fortified oyster, left, and armored cockle show.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a close-up of two bivalve fossils]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Meet 'Dragon prince' — the newly discovered T. rex relative that roamed Mongolia 86 million years ago ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new species of dinosaur that was probably a princely ancestor of T. rex, the king of the dinosaurs, has been identified from fossils excavated in Mongolia. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Chris Simms ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mejHahWgrKcWv87EnjHtGj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;Khankhuuluu mongoliensis &lt;/em&gt;roamed what is now Mongolia around 86 million years ago. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[artist impression of Khankhuuluu mongoliensis]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Giant 85 million-year-old mystery sea monster fossil finally identified ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A brand new species of elasmosaur named Traskasaura sandrae has been identified from three specimens found on Vancouver Island. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 14:24:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 28 May 2025 23:12:55 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jess Thomson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6cRVSSZZhZx6pukorFHRAQ-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Two individuals of &lt;em&gt;Traskasaura sandrae&lt;/em&gt; hunt the ammonite &lt;em&gt;Pachydiscus&lt;/em&gt; in the northern Pacific during the Late Cretaceous. &lt;em&gt;Traskasaura sandrae&lt;/em&gt;, named today in the &lt;em&gt;Journal of Systematic Paleontology&lt;/em&gt;, was declared the Provincial Fossil of British Columbia in 2023.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Illustration of two individuals of Traskasaura sandrae hunting an ammonite in the northern Pacific Ocean.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Colossal chief scientist clarifies de-extinction claim, while confirming its 'dire wolves' are 'grey wolves with 20 edits' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In an interview with New Scientist, Colossal Biosciences' chief scientist has clarified that its "dire wolves" are just genetically modified gray wolves following a backlash to the "de-extinction" label it put on them. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:39:04 +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/qrCVYSrwPvnRa5rzmSaVsJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The &quot;dire wolves&quot; are gray wolves with modified DNA. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photograph of two of Colossal&#039;s genetically engineered wolves as pups.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Colossal's de-extinction campaign is built on a semantic house of cards with shoddy foundations — and the consequences are dire ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "Dire wolves" created by Colossal Biosciences were pegged as "the first animals in history to be brought back from extinction." But that all depends on your definition of de-extinction — and Colossal's definition isn't the same as everyone else's. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 15:34:06 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Extinct species]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Vincent J. Lynch ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9zdX5QtokAzsxb8eCk6k7S-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Colossal Biosciences revealed their &quot;dire wolves&quot; in April, claiming &quot;De-extinction is now a reality.&quot;]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[two white wolves on a snowy background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Half-a-billion-year-old 3-eyed sea creature dubbed 'Mosura' breathed through big gills on its butt ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers have discovered an ancient moth-like sea predator in a treasure trove of museum fossils in Canada. The half-a-billion-year-old creature, Mosura fentoni, reveals that Cambrian arthropods were more diverse than previously thought. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 08:55:27 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 16 May 2025 22:14:15 +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/hBMTDXRqSAqqE2XuZtrQRD-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Danielle Dufault © ROM]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;Mosura fentoni &lt;/em&gt;was a tiny ocean predator that looked a bit like a moth. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s reconstruction of Mosura fentoni swimming in the primordial seas.]]></media:text>
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