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                    <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Lizards ]]></title>
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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[ Night lizards survived dinosaur-killing asteroid strike, despite being close enough to see it happen ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers found that night lizards survived the dinosaur-killing asteroid strike at the end of the Cretaceous, despite living near the impact site in Mexico. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CJvoXwjqXs9nUnKtoyBWQT-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Night lizards continue to live around the Gulf of Mexico, where the dinosaur-killing asteroid hit, as well as farther south, in southern Central America. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a close-up of a black lizard with yellow spots]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Iguanas sailed one-fifth of the way around the world on rafts 34 million years ago ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Ancient iguanas sailed around 5,000 miles from North America to Fiji by clinging to floating vegetation, new research suggests. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ K.R. Callaway ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5C37LPLyF8qG8t93zrD9XZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Four species of iguana populate Fiji — including this crested iguana (&lt;em&gt;Brachylophus vitiensis&lt;/em&gt;) — but all are thought to descend from ancient iguanas that made a very long journey across the ocean.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A Fijian crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) resting on a coconut palm on the island of Fiji in the South Pacific.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Labord's chameleon: The color-changing lizard that drops dead in 4 months ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Labord's chameleons are only found in Western Madagascar and have developed a live fast die young life cycle to cope with the extreme environmental conditions. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 15 Feb 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Lizards]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lydiacarolinesmith@gmail.com (Lydia Smith) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lydia Smith ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iCBQF3suwTQmTj8Q7FJ8qT-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Labord&#039;s chameleons are only found as eggs underground for two thirds of the year. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Labords chameleon lizard female in tropical dry forest Madagascar walking on a branch.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Short-horned lizard: The inflatable 'horny toad' that squirts toxic blood from its eyes ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ This little lizard can fire blood up to 5 feet from its face, has spiky horns and inflates itself to choke predators. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 19 Oct 2024 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:07:06 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lydiacarolinesmith@gmail.com (Lydia Smith) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lydia Smith ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WsgtVkBMm9cDkuNqaJS5eC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A short-horned lizard after firing blood out of its eyes — one of its many defense mechanisms. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A close-up of a horned lizard]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Scuba-diving' lizards breathe underwater by wearing air bubbles on their noses — just like in a cartoon ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scuba-diving lizards use bubbles to stay submerged in water for long periods of time. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2024 16:51:36 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:06:53 +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/pQaDKw9KEeUvpmoBdLCeYV-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Lindsey Swierk]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Scuba-diving lizards use bubbles to stay submerged in water for long periods of time.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Two images of the semi-aquatic lizard, Anolis aquaticus; Side view of lizard with round bubble on top of its head (left), front profile of lizard with bubble on top of its head between its eyes.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Thorny devil: The spike-covered lizard that sucks water from sand through its skin ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Thorny devils have a plethora of defenses against predators, including a fake head and a weird jerky walk. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2024 12:01:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:06:25 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lydiacarolinesmith@gmail.com (Lydia Smith) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lydia Smith ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/v5LzMb4nj9dLsHDzSE6xJA-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Thorny devils drink by transporting water from damp sand through their skin and up to their mouths. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Close-up photograph of the thorny devil lizard.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ If birds are dinosaurs, why aren't they cold-blooded? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ If dinosaurs were reptiles, then why aren't birds cold blooded? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 22 Jun 2024 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:47 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Margaret Osborne ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XxgUrjwLqFsGhVgwgbQ5ZG-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Warm-blooded animals like hummingbirds burn more calories to regulate their body temperature. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[hummingbird by flowers]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Snakes are built to evolve at incredible speeds, and scientists aren't sure why ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Snakes have an evolutionary clock that ticks a lot faster than many other groups of animals, allowing them to diversify and evolve at super quick speeds, researchers have discovered. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2024 19:00:11 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:26 +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/xiihheH9ryEgFwHRjy2LkJ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Alejandro Arteaga, Khamai Foundation]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An eyelash pitviper. Snakes appear to evolve very quickly, allowing them to adapt and diversify and spread across the world.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An eyelash pitviper from the New Wold tropics.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Watch chameleon erupt in color 'as if uttering her last words' in her final moments before death ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Footage of Labord's chameleon in last moments of her short life shows her skin burst into 'chaotic technicolor patterns' — a spectacle never observed in the wild before. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2024 10:27:05 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:05 +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/Q8drGhvYDhfMWEXnjxmry7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Labord&#039;s chameleon, from Madagascar, was observed in the final moments of her short life.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A pictured captured of the underside of the chameleon spotted on the branches in a tree moments before it died.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Surprise discovery of snake-like lizard feared extinct leaves scientists amazed ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers found three species of skink in Australia they feared could be extinct, including the Lyon's grassland striped skink. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2023 16:39:21 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:13 +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/MbgCbZvyBj8ySpL232PPJ5-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Conrad Hoskin]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The rediscovered Lyon&#039;s grassland striped skink.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Lyon&#039;s grassland skink on dried mud. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Earless monitor lizards: The 'Holy Grail' of reptiles that looks like a mini dragon  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers are only beginning to understand the cryptic lives of the earless monitor lizards of Borneo. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9YFQH4gGEGGLygP46AgeiP-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Two earless monitor lizards (Lanthanotus borneensis).  ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Two scaly earless monitor lizards sit together side by side on top of some leaves]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Newly discovered Cretaceous sea monster named after world-ending Norse serpent ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Paleontologists have described a new species of mosasaur with "angry eyebrows" that lived 80 million years ago. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2023 13:57:35 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:03 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jennifer Nalewicki ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/d3c8KRqAB5WCsoJAsmdtsE-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s rendition of the newly described mosasaur.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s drawing of a mosasaur. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 15 unexpected effects of climate change ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ From shrinking goats to a dimmer Earth, here are some of the lesser-known impacts of rising global temperatures. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 05 Aug 2023 11:00:26 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:02:07 +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/3uVtDeapifSCRKATvSkjzW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Climate change is having some unexpected consequences.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a goat standing on a mountain looking at the camera with blue sky in the background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ This psychedelic-eyed gecko isn't what we thought it was ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The bright-eyed reptiles were identified as a new species after a genetic analysis of other geckos revealed they were separate from another closely related species. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2023 13:40:08 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:27 +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/WnmdNeXqoXjhJxGcKUXPBX-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Anders Zimny/Sadlier et al. 2023]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Hidden contents of 6 ancient Egyptian coffins, sealed for thousands of years, revealed ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists used neutron tomography to see inside six sealed ancient Egyptian coffins that were used to bury animals. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2023 15:01:28 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:05 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jennifer Nalewicki ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BnggHyxrzgTE3r9cKdsMzV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An animal coffin topped with a human-headed part-eel, part-cobra figure wearing a double crown associated with the ancient Egyptian god Atum.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A metal coffin shaped like a lizard. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient lizard with teeth like butcher knives 're-calibrates the whole shebang' of reptile evolution ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Despite being palm-size, this Triassic lizard had a vicious bite. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2022 19:01:30 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:22:15 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jennifer Nalewicki ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/S9JsjYiGrLzEqiUDVWDGDk-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Lavinia Gandolfi]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist’s impression of &quot;Cryptovaranoides microlanius&quot; when it was alive millions of years ago. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist’s drawing of a Triassic lizard. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Lizards: From tiny geckos to giant Komodo dragons ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Lizards are a diverse group of reptiles made up of thousands of species around the world, including giant Komodo dragons and chameleons the size of your fingertip. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2022 14:07:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:30:03 +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/6AxBGxrtbSAkmhLmtdvGLX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The largest lizards are Komodo dragons from Indonesia.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The largest lizards are Komodo dragons from Indonesia.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mummified, spread-eagled Triassic 'shovel lizards' look like roadkill and likely died in a drought ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ While surviving a mass extinction, strange tusked animals called lystrosaurs may have faced repeated drought, "mummy" fossils suggest. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2022 13:42:48 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:41:16 +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/cVKgarvDZERRErt98kjM9G-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Gina Viglietti]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s reconstruction of lystrosaurs in the early Triassic. These bulldog-faced beaked animals survived a mass extinction, but new research suggests they still suffered from climate change-induced drought.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of lystrosaurs with short-tailed, lizard-like bodies, tusks, and beaks. The Triassic animals are standing near a waterway in front of some mountains and ominous clouds.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ One of world's rarest chameleons, once feared extinct, found in African rainforest ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists have found one of the world's rarest chameleons again after fearing the species was extinct due to shrinking forests. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2021 23:01:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:31:13 +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/ynAg6n5przzAbjAdLnGZoD-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Krystal Tolley]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Chapman’s pygmy chameleon is one of the world’s rarest chameleons.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of a Chapman’s pygmy chameleon, one of the world’s rarest chameleons.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Strange beast' in amber is a very weird lizard ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A tiny amber-locked skull that looks like a bird's is actually a lizard's, new fossil evidence shows. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2021 13:05:57 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:20:15 +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/rcQfssz5ybnu54CYdgnNk-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Stephanie Abramowicz/Peretti Museum Foundation/Current Biology]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Oculudentavis naga, as depicted in this artist&#039;s reconstruction, was a bizarre lizard that researchers initially struggled to categorize. They are still unsure of its exact position in the lizard family tree.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Oculudentavis naga, as depicted in this artist&#039;s reconstruction, was a bizarre lizard that researchers initially struggled to categorize. They are still unsure of its exact position in the lizard family tree.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Man tried to smuggle chameleons in socks and empty ice-cream tubs ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The man will pay a fine of up to 6,000 euros, authorities said. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2021 19:23:33 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:35:48 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/f2Si6zsm25ptmLBcQTExr-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Close-up of a West Usambara two-horned chameleon]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Close-up of a West Usambara two-horned chameleon]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Desert geckos glow neon green in the moonlight, scientists discover ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Special skin cells give desert geckos from Namibia a neon-green glow. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2021 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:35:31 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2w9Y45oSw6R7VWsNQHQMwT-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[David Prötzel (ZSM/LMU)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The web-footed gecko (Pachydactylus rangei) from the Namib desert fluoresces neon-green along its flank and around the eye under strong UV light.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The web-footed gecko (Pachydactylus rangei) from the Namib desert fluoresces neon-green along its flank and around the eye under strong UV light.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Lost' chameleon rediscovered after a century in hiding. And it's spectacular. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ More than a century after it was last seen, a spectacularly colorful chameleon is back. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2020 15:23:40 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:10:14 +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/4XYEcn2Qum29UEWDjocBhk-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Kathrin Glaw]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[When the female Voeltzkow&#039;s chameleon gets stressed, she displays a pattern of red dots and a streak of purple against a background of black and white. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[When the female Voeltzkow&#039;s chameleon gets stressed, she displays a pattern of red dots and a streak of purple against a background of black and white. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Lizards with multiple tails are more common than anyone knew ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ When some lizards lose a tail they grow back more than one, and multi-tailed lizards are more common than once thought. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2020 11:52:29 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:32:37 +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/UGuyoiWTQRXYZB3M53B4CA-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Daniel Koleska and Daniel Jablonski, Ecologica Montenegrina (2015)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Recorded specimen of Algyroides nigropunctatus with trifurcated tail.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Recorded specimen of Algyroides nigropunctatus with trifurcated tail.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ First evidence that ancient humans ate snakes and lizards is unearthed in Israel ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ New evidence suggests that lizard and snake bones were common in sites linked to ancient Natufian culture because these animals were being eaten. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2020 12:07:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:55:28 +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/aACg3d2po6wVcSVKtaUjn-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Reptile vertebrae found at el-Wad Terrace cave in Israel.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The legless European glass lizard (Pseudopus apodus) was likely a part of the ancient human diet.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Florida lizard breaks world poop record, dies constipated ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/constipated-lizard-record-breaking-poo.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A curly-tailed lizard's belly was stretched by a mass of unpassed poo. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2020 11:56:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:54:34 +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/zphZpJ8rdiggLwfBcd3haa-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Edward Stanley, Florida Museum]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[CT scans revealed a dense mass distending the lizard&#039;s abdomen. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[CT scans revealed a dense mass distending the lizard&#039;s abdomen. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Shocked' scientists find brain parasites in baby lizards still in shells ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/parasitic-worms-in-lizard-embryos.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists found parasitic worms in the brains of lizard embryos. How did they get there? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2020 12:08:57 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:20:15 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fWFiSS2AfW5FoRKuLRHvcW-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Nathalie Feiner]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Female common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Lizard embryo.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Florida weather forecast: Cloudy with a chance of falling iguanas  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Low temperatures in Florida prompted an unusual warning from the National Weather Service. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2020 12:16:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:57:33 +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/4M2rmfbMs3rL9aYGZi5LvB-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Tim Chapman/El Nuevo Herald/MCT/Newscom]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A cold-stunned iguana lies belly-up in Key Biscayne, Florida, during an unusual cold snap in 2008.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A cold-stunned iguana lies belly-up in Key Biscayne, Florida, during an unusual cold snap in 2008.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Frogs, Toads, Lizards and Bats ... Were Found in Bagged Salads ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/66095-frogs-in-bagged-salad.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Eat more salad, they said. It's good for you, they said. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 11:06:23 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:19:53 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GQhkvZHV3abuZ72DFnzy7f-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Shoppers in Southampton, Britain, encountered this live frog in a bag of supermarket salad in 2012.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Shoppers in Southampton, Britain, encountered this live frog in a bag of supermarket salad in 2012.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists Find an 'Exceptional Specimen' of a Cretaceous Lizard...Inside a Dinosaur's Belly ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/65935-cretaceous-lizard-in-dinosaur-belly.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ An ancient lizard was a flying dinosaur's last meal. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2019 11:26:53 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:26:06 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xryQEiGdvxA8a9D9iAQdCk-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Doyle Trankina]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The last moments of a Cretaceous lizard may have looked like this, as it was swallowed head first by the dinosaur &lt;i&gt;Microraptor zhaoianus&lt;/i&gt;.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Before There Were Dinosaurs, This Triassic 'Lizard King' Ruled Antarctica ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/64642-antarctic-king-ancient-lizard.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Meet the original "lizard king" — an iguana-size reptile that ruled Antarctica 250 million years ago. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 12:20:42 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:29:51 +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/pTjJPc7LjDg7TC9VBHBRNk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[&lt;i&gt;Antarctanax shackletoni&lt;/i&gt; stalks an insect on the bank of a river in Antarctica, during the Early Triassic.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ WATCH: First-Ever Footage of a Lizard Breathing Underwater ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/64371-lizard-breathes-underwater.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Lizards can't breathe underwater — or can they? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2018 16:44:50 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:58:07 +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/jkbPRgFkwy5TRuJSFKm3PV-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Smithsonian Channel]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A Costa Rican river anole recently demonstrated an ability that was previously unknown in lizards.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Hail the Lizard King. T. Rex's Puny Arms Were Useful After All. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The ferocious dinosaur wants people to stop mocking its tiny arms. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2018 11:06:29 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:59:59 +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/fswEYh9KUixWkKDDyvtgLQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[They may be tiny, but T. rex&#039;s arms may have helped the beast bring prey close for a bite.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[T. rex illustration on gray background.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ There Be Dragons: 6-Foot-Long Lizard Terrifies Florida Family ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In Florida, a giant lizard has one family too scared to use their pool. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2018 16:47:50 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:58:59 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hUQMdecjR7kkx8nKg3VZNh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Monitor lizards are not native to Florida, but there are breeding populations of Nile monitors (&lt;i&gt;Varanus niloticus&lt;/i&gt;) established in several counties, and they have been sighted across the state. ]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Death-Defying Lizards Fly Off Sticks During Leaf-Blower Wind Experiment ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/63170-lizards-cling-for-life-hurricanes.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Only the strongest survive. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2018 11:48:49 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:55:35 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Colin Donihue ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vCySmWJVjNybys5F6YT8Ym-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Colin Donihue]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A lizard clings to its perch while being blown with hurricane-force winds.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A lizard clings to its perch while being blown with hurricane-force winds.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ This 240-Million-Year-Old Reptile Is the 'Mother of All Lizards' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The tiny creature gave rise to all squamates, a group that includes lizards and snakes. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2018 20:11:58 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:54:03 +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/XzEHZ556Fw6SXNG6k52oWF-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Davide Bonadonna]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ We Still Don't Know Why These Lizards Have Lime-Green Blood ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new evolutionary investigation finds that skinks likely evolved to have green blood a total of four different times throughout history. ]]>
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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/amCRpArYTzfyn6xmZGP9dW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The green-blooded &lt;i&gt;Prasinohaema prehensicauda&lt;/i&gt; has high concentrations of biliverdin, a toxic green bile pigment, in its blood.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Green-blooded lizard]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Here's Why an Ancient Lizard Had 4 Eyes ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ About 49 million years ago, a long-tailed monitor lizard perceived the world not with two but with four eyes, a new study finds. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2018 17:53:19 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:36:34 +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/quV7F7NydZ8mLQj2zz4Po3-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s interpretation of the extinct monitor lizard, including the two extra &quot;eyes&quot; on top of the creature&#039;s head, shown in the inset box. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Extinct Monitor Lizard]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Florida Scientists Are Running Around at Night Bashing in Iguanas' Skulls ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A team of scientists in Florida are on a three-month, $63,000 iguana-bashing spree. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2018 13:01:43 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:36:42 +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/CEn3Hk7uQkSki24AjiX6q7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[By Bjørn Christian Tørrissen [&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html&quot;&gt;GFDL&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0&quot;&gt;CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0&lt;/a&gt;], &lt;a href=&quot;https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3APortrait_of_an_Iguana.jpg&quot;&gt;via Wikimedia Commons&lt;/a&gt;]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[iguana]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Chameleons' Secret Glow Comes from Their Bones ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Previously unknown glow-in-the-dark patterns in chameleons have a bony origin. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2018 21:08:33 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:33:55 +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/mgQD3WsRFcJj5Lsq8CgkUQ-1280-80.gif">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[No bones about it — chameleons&#039; fluorescent crest patterns are powered by glow from the lizards&#039; skulls. ]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Watch for Falling Iguanas! Bomb Cyclone Drops Frozen Lizards ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ It's snowing iguanas in Florida. The good news is they probably aren't dead. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2018 20:03:31 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:34:14 +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/wv3bEHMykmdRJDVNqLUh9W-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[January 4, 2018 - Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. - An Iguana that froze, apparantly fell from a tree and landed belly up along the edge of Palm Beach Post columnist Frank Cerabino&#039;s pool.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Photos: Gorgeous Shots of the Adorable Horned Lizard ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Their cuteness and gentleness when handled makes this common desert creature, the horned lizard, one of the most lovable of all species of reptiles. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Linda &amp; Dr. Dick Buscher ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dtYrFWTrLbhSN3TymvLx8-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Frozen in Time: Ancient, Long-Fingered Lizard Trapped in Amber ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In a case worthy of Sherlock Holmes, researchers are trying to figure out exactly when and where in the world a long-fingered lizard got trapped in the sticky sap of a tree. ]]>
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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/Xm4eoWMJerCQ8dySCk6eSR-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The 2.7-inch-long (7 centimeters) lizard is preserved in a piece of amber measuring just over 4.5 inches (12 cm) long. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Lizard in amber 2]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Facts About Geckos ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ There are about 1,500 species of geckos, a type of lizard found all over the world. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 26 Aug 2017 04:01:39 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:58:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Alina Bradford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qBcC7yzbNVd5nCf5menKKP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Geckos shed their tails along pre-scored &quot;cut lines&quot; that enable them to quickly escape predators]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Leaping Lizards! Live Gecko Found Inside a Man's Ear ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Talk about an earache: When a man in China went to the hospital because of severe ear pain, doctors found a live gecko curled up in his ear canal, according to news reports. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2017 17:35:24 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:45:28 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sara G. Miller ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/idmdrDkNF6bvV6YK7HJSKC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This gecko was not the culprit. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[gecko]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Weird Worm-Lizard Creature Looks Like a Serpentine Centaur ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A two-legged creature that looks like a hybrid between a worm and a lizard recently made a rare appearance in Baja California. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2017 11:06:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:59:06 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sarah B. Puschmann ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wy8Ud3rMVgr5CkErYqHii-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This Mexican mole lizard, &lt;em&gt;Bipes biporus&lt;/em&gt;, was spotted aboveground in June in Baja California by Sara Ruane, professor of evolutionary biology and herpetology at Rutgers University-Newark, who was delighted to see what she had considered to be a &quot;mythical&quot; find.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[This Mexican mole lizard, &lt;em&gt;Bipes biporus&lt;/em&gt;, was spotted aboveground in June in Baja California by Sara Ruane, professor of evolutionary biology and herpetology at Rutgers University-Newark, who was delighted to see what she had considered to be a &quot;m]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ In Photos: Flashy Collared Lizards of the North American Deserts ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ North America has 155 species of lizards classified into eight families native to the continent. Check out some of these amazingly colorful creatures. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2017 11:20:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:52:14 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Linda &amp; Dr. Dick Buscher ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ByVfv3fey7RCxmjF9Sbg8Y-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Igunaidae is one of those native North American lizard families composed of 14 genera and 44 unique and colorful species. Iguanids can range in length from only 4 inches (10 cm) to an amazing 72 inches (183 cm). Most iguanid species are carnivorous, dining on insects, other smaller lizards and small snakes. Occasionally, they will make a meal composed of plant leaves and flowers. A sub-family of Iguanaidae are the Crotaphytidae species and are commonly known as Collared and Leopard lizards. The spectacular Western Collared Lizard, &lt;em&gt;Crotaphytus collaris&lt;/em&gt;), is shown here. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Collared Lizards]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Good-Luck Root? Actually, That's a Lizard Penis ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Buyers beware, the tantric Indian root you ordered online may actually be dried lizard penis. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2017 21:32:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:46:20 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kacey Deamer ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/unQwMtWrvZK9VUbDmvnLzb-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Dried monitor lizard penises are being illegally traded as &quot;Hatha Jodi,&quot; an Indian plant root used in religious ceremonies and thought to be a good-luck charm.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[lizard-penis-Hatha-Jodi.jpg]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Remains of Mini 'Komodo Dragon' Found in Greece ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The last monitor lizard in Europe is discovered. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2017 17:34:42 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:59:04 +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/Cd55poAJK7CQuNheEbQ4FN-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Nobumichi Tamura]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s restoration of what the last monitor lizard in Europe might have looked like. A new fossil reveals this group survived in Greece less than a million years ago. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s restoration of what the last monitor lizard in Europe might have looked like. A new fossil reveals this group survived in Greece less than a million years ago. ]]></media:text>
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