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                            <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Newfound-species ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists find 2 marsupial species, thought to have gone extinct 6,000 years ago, living in the forests of New Guinea ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed glider, two marsupials believed to have died out thousands of years ago, are still alive in Papuan Indonesia. ]]>
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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/VyZWSUkWwg872jxB9Qgwmd-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Researchers have confirmed that the pygmy long-fingered possum (&lt;em&gt;Dactylonax kambuayai&lt;/em&gt;) is alive in New Guinea.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A pygmy long-fingered possum climbing a branch in New Guinea.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Never-before-seen footage captures moment scientists find new, giant anaconda species in Amazon ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists recently discovered a new species of green anaconda in the Amazon rainforest. A new Nat Geo series shows the moment they encountered this snake in the wild. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 15:57:25 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 11:56:53 +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/UGhHSCdj4ANuamB4kYNDMo-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'It seems that size really does matter': Males of 4 never-before-seen tarantula species have record-long genitalia ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The males of four newfound tarantula species have extremely long genitalia so that they can keep their distance from aggressive females during mating, researchers say. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 15:12:26 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:01:40 +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/JpLTChrzstdZ8Cg6G6NHC5-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Zamani et al. 2025 (Redistributed under the terms of Creative Commons licence CC BY 4.0)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;Satyrex ferox&lt;/em&gt; is one of four newfound tarantula species whose males have extremely long genitalia.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Closeup image of a newfound tarantula species, Satyrex ferox.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fossils from lush 53 million-year-old South Pole rainforest discovered in Tasmania ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers have identified 12 ancestral plant species from an early Eocene fossil assemblage in Tasmania that once formed part of a giant, circumpolar forest. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 12:55:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:06:51 +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/MWWpUMQVj7nuf9jP3oj928-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Bizarre jellyfish with bright red cross for a stomach discovered in volcanic caldera off Japan ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Newly described species of jellyfish with a red cross inside its translucent body is only found in the Sumisu caldera over 2,500 feet beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 15:12:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:20 +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/Kn38G4XhRP5CSjwn7Ts4nA-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A photograph looking down on the newfound jellyfish species; cloudy, white bell with a red center that is shaped like a cross]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photograph looking down on the newfound jellyfish species; cloudy, white bell with a red center that is shaped like a cross]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 11 jaw-dropping fossil discoveries that weren't dinosaurs in 2023 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Move over, dinosaurs: It's time for some of our favorite non-dino fossil stories of 2023 to shine. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 23 Dec 2023 10:00:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:39 +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/HwJxCv6KomG5N3LpMLsdaG-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Flesh-eating 'killer' lampreys that lived 160 million years ago unearthed in China ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists have described two lamprey fossils with "extensively toothed" mouths from the Jurassic period, shining a light on how this group has evolved into its modern forms since the Devonian. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2023 18:08:57 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:05 +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/x87rFTAVSfkUJEE8rqJKp4-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Heming Zhang]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[These Jurassic lampreys have the most powerful &quot;biting structures&quot; among known fossil lampreys and suggest an ancestral flesh-eating habit of living lampreys.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A reconstruction of the biting structures of two newfound lamprey species.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 240 million-year-old fossil of salamander-like creature with 'gnarly teeth' unearthed in rocks for garden wall ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A retired chicken farmer found the rocks in the mid-1990s and donated it to the Australian Museum, where researchers have now named the newfound species Arenaerpeton supinatus. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2023 09:25:47 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:02:11 +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/aonWqU6qSv2vmkV8dU6WAR-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Artist impression by Jose Vitor Silva]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The newly described species Arenaerpeton supinatus looked like a Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s impression of the newly described Triassic amphibian.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Nematode resurrected from Siberian permafrost lay dormant for 46,000 years ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The ancient nematode has lain dormant in a fossilized squirrel burrow since the late Pleistocene, revealing that these worms can survive for tens of thousands of years longer than thought. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2023 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:02:02 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VeyyzGAYnNRFqzsaarwLL-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Shatilovich et al, 2023, PLOS Genetics;  (CC-BY 4.0)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Researchers isolated the newly described nematode (Panagrolaimus kolymaensis) from permafrost in 2018, but its age and species remained unclear.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A picture of the newly thawed nematode under the microscope.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 5 million-year-old fossils reveal 2 new species of saber-toothed cats in South Africa ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The pair of newfound species, as well as two previously known species unearthed in the same place, rewrite what we knew about these prehistoric predators. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2023 15:04:32 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/etcSiqrB7ZfikPPuiHapzF-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A computer-generated image of large saber-tooth cat in long grass ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A computer-generated image of large saber-tooth cat in long grass ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why are cave-dwelling eels growing skin over their left eyes? It may be evolution in action. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ These "greedy" eels likely retreated into the gloomy depths of underwater caves in search of tasty crustaceans and are adapting to the darkness by going blind, one eye at a time. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2023 15:53:32 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:25 +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/YzZctToJSk2CfcxxcnqPBQ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Wen-Chien Huang]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Two moray eels found in caves on Christmas Island, Australia, had skin covering their left eye.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photograph of one of the moray eel specimens whose left eye is overgrown with skin.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Newly discovered jellyfish is a 24-eyed weirdo related to the world's most venomous marine creature ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers named the newfound species Tripedalia maipoensis, after Mai Po Nature Reserve in Hong Kong, where they discovered the transparent critter. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VSLvJYJvaj9k7kHTngvju-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Like other box jellyfish, the newfound species has 24 eyes arranged in clusters of six around its cubic body.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A juvenile box jellyfish of the newfound species has a transparent and colorless body, as well as 12 tentacles ending in small, paddle-like structures.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Extinct 'Lord of The Rings' eagles had a 10-foot wingspan and probably could have carried a hobbit ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Fossils uncovered in Australia belong to a newfound species of extinct eagle that was big enough to pick up hobbit-size prey, like the fictional giant eagles in "The Lord of the Rings." ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wan2GrVCDErq99GpoZ5YDn-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient platypus-like fossil could rewrite the history of egg-laying mammals ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Fossils of a 70 million-year-old platypus relative called Patagorhynchus pascuali found in South America show that egg-laying mammals evolved on more than one continent. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2023 20:39:17 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:03:08 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joanna Thompson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FjbXKGtfc29ZLJpqazyNte-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s illustration of what Patagorhynchus pascuali probably looked like in life. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s illustration of an ancient platypus-like creature]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 3 million years ago, this brutish giant petrel likely eviscerated dead seals with its knife-like beak ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/3-million-years-ago-this-brutish-giant-petrel-likely-eviscerated-dead-seals-with-its-knife-like-beak</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Fossils from New Zealand reveal the existence of a giant petrel with a wicked sharp beak that lived 3 million years ago. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ethan Freedman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QJzExX9eYbqE6Vrn6drrAB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s interpretation of the newfound giant petrel ripping into a dead seal about 3 million years ago in what is now New Zealand.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s interpretation of the newfound giant petrel ripping into a dead seal about 3 million years ago in what is now New Zealand.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Giant ancient fish that likely preyed on humans' ancestors unearthed in South Africa ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers in South Africa have unearthed 360 million-year-old fossils belonging to a newly described voracious fish species that preyed on our ancestors. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2023 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:31:36 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SXTQU5w4UJsYcZmUWfBfqF-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s interpretation of the marine life unearthed at the Waterloo Farm site in South Africa, including the giant fish Hyneria udlezinye.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of Late Devonian animals.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Otherworldly 'Lord of the Rings' frog discovered in the mountains of Ecuador ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/otherworldly-lord-of-the-rings-frog-discovered-in-the-mountains-of-ecuador</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A previously unknown frog species was discovered in Ecuador and named after fantasy author J. R. R. Tolkien. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2023 16:53:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:37:29 +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/x7yxViRuyKtFjgcRaJ5ooZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The newly discovered species of stream frog was named after fantasy author J. R. R. Tolkien.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A frog clings to a tree branch.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Largest penguin ever discovered weighed a whopping 340 pounds, fossils reveal ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers in New Zealand have unearthed fossils from two previously unknown ancient penguin species. One of the new species is the largest penguin ever discovered. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2023 17:00:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:53:33 +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/Fwi8eNhqJf5vhtKd9uReDT-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s reconstruction of what Kumimanu fordycei and Petradyptes stonehousei may have looked like. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s reconstruction of what Kumimanu fordycei and Petradyptes stonehousei may have looked like. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Leonardo DiCaprio' snake with bright orange eyes discovered in Panama jungle ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/new-leonardo-dicaprio-snake-threatened-by-mining</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Five species of previously unknown snakes with stunning eyes were discovered in jungle trees, and one was named after Leonardo DiCaprio. But mining threatens them all. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2023 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:02:14 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joshua A. Krisch ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nkPdAeVXYyhRu5PMfzn5qP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Located in the Chocó-Darién jungles of eastern Panama and western Colombia, the DiCaprio&#039;s snail-eating snake (Sibon irmelindicaprioae) is the rarest of these newly found snake species.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[DiCaprio&#039;s snail-eating snake (Sibon irmelindicaprioae). This snake has an alternating striped cream and dark brown underbelly and alternating stripes of tan and dark brown on top. It also has a set of large orange eyes.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Unicorn-like blind fish discovered in dark waters deep in Chinese cave ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers stumbled across a bizarre species of blind cave fish with a mysterious, horn-like structure protruding from its head and a lack of scales or pigmentation. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 15:30:35 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:22:32 +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/XUhefovqqaCFwW4jKhNreR-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Xu et al. 2023]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A living specimen of the new species, Sinocyclocheilus longicornus, in a laboratory tank.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A living specimen of the new species, Sinocyclocheilus longicornus, in a laboratory tank.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 52 million years ago, strange primates lived in complete darkness in the Arctic ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ During the Eocene, the Arctic was a warm, swampy place that these primates called home. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ cameronbduke@gmail.com (Cameron Duke) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Cameron Duke ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xk8P4fAbL4AHnaRF43JTnA-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The earliest known Arctic primates (genus Ignacius) lived through six months of polar winter on what is now Canada&#039;s Ellesmere Island.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Here we see an illustration of a brown squirrel-like primate climbing a tree with an aurora in the background.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Never-before-seen pterosaur had nearly 500 teeth and ate like a flamingo ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A never-before-seen species of pterosaur had hundreds of hooked teeth that helped it filter its food in a similar way to living flamingos. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BtkmGbTXmyVh9JJB9EkbaR-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s illustration of what the new species may have looked like.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s illustration of what the new species may have looked like.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Extinct giant tortoise was the 'mammoth' of Madagascar 1,000 years ago ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A previously unknown extinct tortoise was revealed in an investigation on these giants' evolutionary history. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joshua A. Krisch ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dHomcDwEERRyWnyqRhhR3X-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Native tortoise species of the western Indian Ocean, with living species in color and extinct species in gray.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Native tortoise species of the western Indian Ocean, with living species in color and extinct species in gray.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient bird with T. rex-like skull discovered in China ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A 120 million-year-old bird fossil from China has some rather unusual dinosaur-like features in its otherwise standard avian skeleton, including a weirdly T. rex-like skull. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ozuo3jnyzRvCjQEN4KDmGd-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of a newfound ancient bird about to prey on a mammal running up a tree. The bird&#039;s fossilized skeleton is superimposed on top of its body.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a newfound ancient bird about to prey on a mammal running up a tree. The bird&#039;s fossilized skeleton is superimposed on top of its body.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Zombie' viruses have been revived from Siberian permafrost. Could they infect people? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers have isolated viable microbes from melting permafrost after tens of thousands of years. But don't worry; they infect only amoebas. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2022 16:59:14 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:32:08 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joanna Thompson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Wsox6pkYysv9FbEdzQoSak-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Permafrost melts into the Kolyma River outside of Zyryanka, Russia in Siberia on July 4, 2019. In a new study, researchers looked for ancient viruses in several places in Siberia, including two  rivers. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Permafrost melts into the Kolyma River outside of Zyryanka, Russia in Siberia on July 4, 2019. In a new study, researchers looked for ancient viruses in several places in Siberia, including two  rivers. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Noodle-necked swimming dinosaur may have been a diving predator like a penguin ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/diving-dinosaur-swimming-hunter-many-teeth</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists recently discovered the first non-avian theropod dinosaur with a streamlined body similar to that of penguins, auks and other modern diving birds. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2022 16:01:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:22:14 +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/iMM5szBBbFte5ZdP3my2za-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A reconstruction of Natovenator polydontus shows how the semiaquatic dinosaur may have swum and dived.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A reconstruction of Natovenator polydontus shows how the semiaquatic dinosaur may have swum and dived.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Dwarf dinosaur' that lived on prehistoric island unearthed in Transylvania ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/dwarf-dinosaur-transylvania</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The new "dwarf dinosaur" species lends more evidence to the "island rule," which posits that animals evolving on islands become smaller than their mainland counterparts. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2022 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:22:14 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ JoAnna Wendel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/E7NvYqQ6WqgYneW8dF3LbG-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Peter Nickolaus]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Fossil evidence suggests that during the Cretaceous era, &#039;dwarf dinosaurs&#039; populated a tropical archipelago near modern-day Romania.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Fossil evidence suggests that during the Cretaceous era, &#039;dwarf dinosaurs&#039; populated a tropical archipelago near modern-day Romania.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Frightful' never-before-seen tyrannosaur might be the 'missing link' in T. rex evolution ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Paleontologists have discovered fossils belonging to a newfound species of tyrannosaur, which could fill an important gap in the evolutionary history of T. rex. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2022 17:27:19 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:23:04 +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/v4Zp7GfrbjeKQSkjynGRdm-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Andrey Atuchin &amp; Badlands Dinosaur Museum]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A reconstruction of what the new tyrannosaur, Daspletosaurus wilsoni, may have looked like.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A reconstruction of what the new tyrannosaur, Daspletosaurus wilsoni, may have looked like.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ravenous meat-eating dinosaur's guts preserved in exceptionally rare fossil ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/dromaeosaurid-dinosaur-intestines</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Paleontologists in China have examined the remarkable gut remnants of a birdlike dinosaur that lived more than 100 million years ago. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2022 16:42:22 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:22:14 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joanna Thompson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WayawL3YSSije9msgBqJ8E-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The &quot;exceptional&quot; fossil of Daurlong wangi from the Upper Cretaceous period of Inner Mongolia, China.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The &quot;exceptional&quot; fossil of Daurlong wangi from the Upper Cretaceous period of Inner Mongolia, China.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Giant, ostrich-like dinosaur and its smaller cousin roamed Mississippi during the late Cretaceous ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/giant-ornithomimosaur-dinosaur-fossils-mississippi</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A giant, ostrich-like dinosaur and its smaller cousin, also an ornithomimosaur, sprinted through what is now Mississippi about 85 million years ago. ]]>
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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/FZPanGdeCh7kGy8gcxJduA-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Julius Csotonyi]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s interpretation of the species Ornithomimus (not the ornithomimosaurs in the new study) based on a fossil specimen with preserved tail feathers and soft tissue.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s interpretation of the species Ornithomimus (not the ornithomimosaurs in the new study) based on a fossil specimen with preserved tail feathers and soft tissue.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Newfound 'snaky croc-face' sea monster unearthed in Wyoming ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/long-necked-plesiosaur-wyoming</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers in Wyoming have named a new species of plesiosaur defined by its long neck and snappy jaws. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:04:32 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:42:20 +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/eeRiskSYZCz4dgUhCXLckD-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Nathan Rogers]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s rendition of what the plesiosaur may have looked like millions of years ago.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s illustration of the plesiosaur.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Oldest African dinosaur ever found unearthed in Zimbabwe ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/oldest-african-dinosaur-discovered</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Meet Mbiresaurus raathi, the oldest African dinosaur (and one of the world's earliest) whose neighbors lived in Brazil. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joanna Thompson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/69tZui4RspKma574mgbytQ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Andrey Atuchin]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The newly discovered dinosaur Mbiresaurus raathi, pictured here with other Triassic animals whose remains were also recovered from northern Zimbabwe. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Mbiresaurus raathi in shallow water with other Triassic animals nearby]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Creepy deep-sea 'vanilla Vader' woodlouse is 25 times bigger than a land louse ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/bathynomus-woodlouse-relative-gulf-of-mexico</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists have identified a woodlouse relative — a 10-inch-long, creamy yellow critter called Bathynomus yucatanensis from deep in the Gulf of Mexico. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yfyt8bWCFMszWUJhCn3tVc-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Ming-Chih Huang, Journal of Natural History]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Researchers identified Bathynomus yucatanensis from a single, 10-inch-long (26 cm) specimen.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of the newly identified Bathynomus yucatanensis from a single, 10-inch-long (26 cm) specimen.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Rare and bizarre tentacle-trailing sea creature caught on video, expedition scientist’s 'mind is blown' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers captured a rare flower-like sea pen on video in the deep sea and believe it could be a new species. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jennifer Nalewicki ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bnSFQmN6CaamtFMiTh5YcU-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, scientists captured video of a sea pen in the Pacific Ocean. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A sea pen found on the sea floor of the Pacific Ocean could be a new species. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Giant meat-eating dinosaur had a fancy skull and wee arms like T. rex ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/meraxes-dinosaur-tiny-arms-like-t-rex</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A newly described Cretaceous dinosaur had puny arms like Tyrannosaurus rex, though the two species were not closely related. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Conor Feehly ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zTfFUhub732b7WFh25hcGS-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Carlos Papolio]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Meet Meraxes, a distant therapod relative of T. rex that also had a large head and undersized front limbs.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Meet Meraxes, a distant therapod relative of T. rex that also had a large head and undersized front limbs.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Dinosaur 'reaper' with massive claws found in Japan ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/reaper-reptile-by-the-sea-dinosaur-japan</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ An herbivorous dinosaur used its vicious-looking claws to forage for plants near the shores of Cretaceous seas. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2022 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:39:16 +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/WfEeSifDVHB3zPst2upr2Q-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s rendition of Paralitherizinosaurus japonicus, the newfound dinosaur species described in this study.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s rendition of Paralitherizinosaurus japonicus, the newfound dinosaur species described in this study.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Crypto organization names newfound glass frog species — here’s why that's concerning ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new species of glass frog has been named by a cryptocurrency organization, triggering concern over the high environmental cost of crypto. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2022 16:34:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:47:45 +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/c6XpgFbppdjLevnGZAz8af-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Lime-green Hyalinobatrachium nouns was named for the Nouns decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), a group that uses cryptocurrency to buy and sell non-fungible tokens (NFTs).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Lime-green Hyalinobatrachium nouns was named for the Nouns decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), a group that uses cryptocurrency to buy and sell non-fungible tokens (NFTs).]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Newfound species of wee frogs found in Mexico can fit on your fingertip ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/six-tiny-frog-species-discovered-mexico</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists recently described six new species of miniature frogs that inhabit forest floors in Mexico and Guatemala. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2022 11:01:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:20:50 +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/aKdnRTeTkws7wDJbiaQFPX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Craugastor cueyatl on a Mexican 10-peso coin, which has a diameter of 1.1 inches (28 millimeters).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Craugastor cueyatl on a Mexican 10-peso coin, which has a diameter of 1.1 inches (28 millimeters).]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The world's largest ichthyosaur may have just been discovered in the Swiss Alps ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists discovered the fossil tooth, ribs and vertebrae of three gargantuan ichthyosaurs, which may have been some of the largest animals ever to live. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2022 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:40:00 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Qwn5NWs6HSAWQ5DWYRcLbB-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Dr Heinz Furrer]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of an enormous ichthyosaur hunting in the Triassic seas]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of an enormous ichthyosaur hunting in the Triassic seas]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Swiftie scientist names millipede species after Taylor Swift  ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/taylor-swift-millipede-species</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A newfound millipede species from the Appalachian Mountains was named after the famous singer by the scientist who described the arthropod (and is a devoted Swift fan). ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2022 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:39:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ailsa.harvey@futurenet.com (Ailsa Harvey) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ailsa Harvey ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ExY7YxfJXMuAYXfMALxpgC-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Derek Hennen]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Scientists found the Nannaria swiftae millipede in Van Buren County, Tennessee.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Nannaria swiftae millipede]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ferocious 'Ocucaje Predator' was a sea serpent-like mammal with knives for teeth ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers uncovered the skull of a 40-foot-long marine predator from 35 million years ago in Peru's Ocucaje Desert ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2022 14:21:40 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:39:44 +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/6p6eKzLQPDEt9usrwRoK3-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The skull of the newfound Basilosaurus species sits on display at the National University of San Marcos in Lima, Peru.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The skull of the newfound Basilosaurus species sits on display at the National University of San Marcos in Lima, Peru.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists discover beautiful new rainbow-colored fish lurking among 'twilight reefs' ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/rainbow-fish-discovered-among-twilight-reefs</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new study has found that, after being misidentified for decades, a stunning rainbow fish is actually a brand-new species. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2022 15:25:53 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:36:42 +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/Sgoh4t3R8frKiXL9qzy6k9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[The male rose-veiled fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa) displaying its rainbow hues.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The male rose-veiled fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa) displaying its rainbow hues.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient 10-armed vampire squid relative named for Joe Biden ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/fossil-relative-octopus-vampire-squid</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A 328 million-year-old cephalopod may be the oldest in a group related to octopuses and vampire squids. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2022 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:54:39 +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/QX3G5TVVXFrCXs4seM55pe-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of the 328 million-year-old vampyropod named after President Joe Biden (Syllipsimopodi bideni).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of the 328 million-year-old vampyropod named after President Joe Biden (Syllipsimopodi bideni).]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient Transylvanian turtle survived the extinction of the dinosaurs ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/extinct-transylvanian-turtle-discovered</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new study into the fossilized remains of an ancient turtle in Romania has revealed a brand-new species that managed to survive when the nonavian dinosaurs could not. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2022 17:32:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:53:14 +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/UgPBYPY2cR6xwTJAhqzcDT-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[The fossilized plastron (left) and carapace (right) of the newly discovered turtle&#039;s shell.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The fossilized plastron (left) and carapace (right) of the newly discovered turtle&#039;s shell.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tiny-headed stegosaur with long tail spikes is one of the oldest of its kind ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/new-stegosaur-dinosaur-species-china</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A newly described Jurassic stegosaur species from China is one of the oldest of its kind. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2022 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:54:29 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7dRVGh3DffC7o6RmRJH8K7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of the Volkswagen Beetle-size stegosaur Bashanosaurus primitivus.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of the Volkswagen Beetle-size stegosaur Bashanosaurus primitivus.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Largest Jurassic pterosaur on record unearthed in Scotland ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A newfound species of pterosaur, the largest on record from the Jurassic, was found on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2022 15:48:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:54:12 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/74mHnbYN9xCWQyuXn3jute-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Natalia Jagielska]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[The pterosaur Dearc sgiathanach flies through the Jurassic skies of what is now Scotland.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The pterosaur Dearc sgiathanach flies through the Jurassic skies of what is now Scotland.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Skull of 'armless' meat-eating dinosaur discovered ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers in Argentina have found the skull of a previously unknown abelisaurid dinosaur. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2022 18:14:18 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:54:05 +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/r2ZPTfNfRRzQXRtPm6TWFA-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[The newfound dinosaur Guemesia ochoai may have looked a bit like this other abelisaurid, the horned Carnotaurus sastrei. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The newfound dinosaur Guemesia ochoai may have looked a bit like this other abelisaurid, the horned Carnotaurus sastrei. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 240 million-year-old 'crocodile beast' was one of the largest of its kind ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A newly described archosaur that lived 240 million years ago in what is now Tanzania had "'powerful jaws and large knife-like teeth." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2022 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:31:07 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hXK78mSFDstLRC7RcdFyz5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of the early archosaur Mambawakale ruhuhu, whose name means &quot;ancient crocodile from the Ruhuhu Basin&quot; in Kiswahili. Paleontologists found only its skull, jaw and a few other bones, so the rest of the body — mainly the tail and limbs — are reconstructed based on the anatomy of its close relatives.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of the early archosaur Mambawakale ruhuhu, whose name means &quot;ancient crocodile from the Ruhuhu Basin&quot; in Kiswahili. Paleontologists found only its skull, jaw and a few other bones, so the rest of the body — mainly the tail and limbs — are reconstructed based on the anatomy of its close relatives.]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[An illustration of the early archosaur Mambawakale ruhuhu, whose name means &quot;ancient crocodile from the Ruhuhu Basin&quot; in Kiswahili. Paleontologists found only its skull, jaw and a few other bones, so the rest of the body — mainly the tail and limbs — are reconstructed based on the anatomy of its close relatives.]]></media:title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Very weird' ankylosaur's tail looked like an Aztec war club ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Paleontologists in Chile have found the remains of an ankylosaur that represents a new dinosaur lineage. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/gif" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UgDNxWSpbjFrBjbwEzCCxd-1280-80.gif">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The newly described ankylosaur Stegouros elengassen displays its weaponized tail.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The newly described ankylosaur Stegouros elengassen displays its weaponized tail.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Bizarre tail on little dinosaur-age bird was literally a drag ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An extraordinary 120-million-year-old fossil bird from China reveals that the animal had a sexy but vaguely impractical tail. ]]>
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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/dSdHRenixaR4Yd4Xr2xpHF-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Gao Wei ]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[The original fossil of Yuanchuavis, which was found in the Jehol Biota in northeastern China.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The original fossil of Yuanchuavis, which was found in the Jehol Biota in northeastern China.]]></media:text>
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