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                    <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Polar-bears ]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ All the latest polar-bears content from the Live Science team ]]></description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Some polar bears are adapting to their melting habitat. Will it be enough to save the iconic species? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Bears in Svalbard, Norway, are fatter than expected, and others in Greenland are showing signs of genetically adapting to climate change — but the signs elsewhere are not good. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Chris Simms ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BgHESbK5CdzYz2c5An4PGk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A polar bear (&lt;em&gt;Ursus maritimus&lt;/em&gt;) is seen near the Polish Research Station on Spitsbergen, Svalbard, in the Norwegian Arctic. Polar bears in the region seem to be fatter than people expected.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A large white bear walks on its four paws across a green and brown tundra landscape]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A deer carrying the rotting head of its vanquished foe and a playful lynx shortlisted for Wildlife Photographer of the Year Nuveen People's Choice Award ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Here are the 24 images shortlisted for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Nuveen People's Choice Award 2026. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:01:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 18:10:53 +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/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BnM2q26kJDjdYcNXBny2y3-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Kohei Nagira / Wildlife Photographer of the Year]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[In &quot;Never-Ending Struggle,&quot; Kohei Nagira captured a sika deer carrying the severed head of a rival male. This deer won a fight over a female but didn&#039;t manage to untangle his antlers from his opponent&#039;s. A local fisherman says this deer dragged its rival&#039;s body for several days before finally tearing off its head.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A male sika deer carries the severed head of a rival male on his antlers.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Grim photo captures polar bear mom and cubs resting in mud in summer heat ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/animals/polar-bears/grim-photo-captures-polar-bear-mom-and-cubs-resting-in-mud-in-summer-heat</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ An image of polar bears napping along the Hudson Bay coast in Canada has been shortlisted for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Nuveen People's Choice Award 2026. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:01:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:39:56 +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/4QKkqmGcY7z4CyfPKPpXd6-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Christopher Paetkau / Wildlife Photographer of the Year]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[In &quot;Family Rest,&quot; Christopher Paetkau captured a polar bear mom and her cubs napping in Canada&#039;s summer heat.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A mother polar bear and her three cubs pause in the summer heat.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Polar bears in southern Greenland are 'using jumping genes to rapidly rewrite their own DNA' to survive melting sea ice ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Warming temperatures appear to be driving genetic mutations in some polar bears to help them survive the shifting climatic conditions. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:45:39 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:33:11 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sarah Wild ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kGCiMaoSJBzPPEoTnRRw3L-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Polar bears are threatened by climate change as the ice they hunt on melts. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A polar bear on the top of an iceberg on the east coast of Greenland,Scoresby Sound, East Greenland]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Bears: Facts about the furry omnivores that live in many parts of the world ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Discover interesting facts about the different types of bears and learn why not all bears hibernate. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 16:54:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Bears]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Marilyn Perkins ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qKeaAWj5n4UbXeNY598drm-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Stan Tekiela Author / Naturalist / Wildlife Photographer via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[American black bear cubs sleeping in a tree.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[two black bears lounge in a tree]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Watch polar bear cubs emerge from their winter den for 1st time on Svalbard ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ For nearly a decade, researchers have gathered camera footage from outside the dens of female polar bears and their cubs on Svalbard, shedding light on the behaviors linked to denning. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:00:29 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:32:06 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zdhpNdFC2GM2wzgLuGYfsk-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Dmytro Cherkasov/Polar Bears International]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A female polar bear and two cubs lie in the snow surrounded by scrubby plants.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A female polar bear and two cubs lie in the snow surrounded by scrubby plants.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Earth from space: Svalbard's radioactive 'Bear Island' surrounded by rare cloud swirls and a giant algal bloom ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A 2023 satellite image captured a pair of peculiar phenomena painting parallel swirls in the sea and sky around Norway's Bear Island, which is surrounded by extremely radioactive waters left behind by a doomed Soviet submarine. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 09:47:17 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 10:39:41 +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/agtKV4FfxUwmw5HtkGYV2P-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A 2023 photo captured von Kármán vortices in the clouds above Bear Island (upper left) alongside a gigantic algal bloom (center).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A satellite photo of a large algal bloom with swirling clouds and an island]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Polar bears are getting horrific injuries and huge 'ice balls' on their paws because of climate change, researchers say ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/animals/polar-bears/polar-bears-are-getting-horrific-injuries-and-huge-ice-balls-on-their-paws-because-of-climate-change-researchers-say</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Population assessments have revealed that polar bears in Greenland are suffering from crippling wounds on their paws due to wet snow that gets stuck to the pads and freezes into blocks. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2024 17:59:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:56:15 +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/cDLZYzNHniWEhYBGcenUR4-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Kristin Laidre/University of Washington  ]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This photo shows the rear paws of a polar bear temporarily sedated for research in East Greenland in 2022. The bear has large chunks of ice frozen onto its feet, which the researchers removed.  ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The rear paws of a sedated polar bear show how big blocks of ice and snow get stuck to them.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Bleak photo of polar bear with plastic in its jaws in the remote Arctic shows pollution's 'pervasive grip' ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/animals/polar-bears/bleak-photo-of-polar-bear-with-plastic-in-its-jaws-in-the-remote-arctic-shows-pollution-s-pervasive-grip</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Image of polar bear with plastic hanging from its mouth shortlisted for Ocean Photographer of the Year 2024 award. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2024 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:56:28 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ hannah.osborne@futurenet.com (Hannah Osborne) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Hannah Osborne ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uNk6vpLrNerUxrUUPkyQL7-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Celia Kujala]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The shortlisted image of the polar bear was captured on the remote Kiepert Island in the Svalbard archipelago.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Polar bear with plastic in its mouth standing on rocks.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Polar bear sleeping on tiny iceberg drifting in Arctic sea captured in heartbreaking photo ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An image captured off the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard shows a young polar bear drifting to sleep on a small iceberg after carving a bed in the ice. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2024 14:14:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:55:17 +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/qBgDNmPmkJjwYH3Kdk8TEj-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[© Nima Sarikhani, Wildlife Photographer of the Year]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) carves out a bed from a small iceberg before drifting off to sleep in the far north, off Norway’s Svalbard archipelago.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A polar bear sleeps on the top of a small iceberg.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Polar bear capital of the world' soon to be overrun with record number of bears due to shifting sea ice ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Canadian town of Churchill has already had more than four times as many polar bear visitors this year compared with the same time last year, and many more could soon be on the way. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2023 19:17:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:38:19 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Vfy4JZmzY9KQbk8gT8S8H-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Vicki Morell via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Several hundred polar bears enter Manitoba, Canada every year.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Ppolar bear walking on snow covered land, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Twin polar bear sisters reunited years after mother rejected one of them ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The sisters were separated at birth due to medical complications, and they remained apart for more than two years after one was rejected by the mother. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aKXcbajb7chgoQaLcjEjj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ In 'extremely rare' attack, polar bear killed mother and child in Alaska. Now we know why. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A woman and her 1-year-old son were recently mauled to death by a polar bear in an ultra-rare attack in Alaska. A new report sheds some light on why the tragic event occurred. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/D66riUhRZBLcSggohM2JJ4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Move over polar bears, there's another top predator along the Arctic coast ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new study has revealed that certain sea stars rival polar bears as the most prolific predators in coastal Arctic ecosystems. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2023 14:42:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:03:58 +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/rkpAaLLcpnmDP2BYZXyWz3-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Polar bears forced to dine on 'batteries and dirty nappies' as climate change pushes them inland ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Polar bears are flocking to open landfills in the Arctic as climate change diminishes sea ice, a new study suggests. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2022 16:16:39 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:50:47 +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/fHV2N6KrzD8CQSTbdmQUMQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Secret population of polar bears found living in seemingly impossible habitat  ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/secret-polar-bear-population</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new study has revealed a secret subpopulation of polar bears living in an unusual habitat in southeast Greenland. The new group lives in conditions similar to those predicted for the rest of the Arctic at the end of the 21st century, suggesting the species may have a refuge to survive climate change. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2022 18:01:13 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:24:25 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AwtPdQSZPZLpRcUw5nGXkS-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Researchers have discovered a new population of polar bears in Greenland.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Researchers have discovered a new population of polar bears in Greenland.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Spanish police seize more than 1,000 stuffed animals, including endangered and extinct species ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/1000-taxidermy-animals-seized-in-spain</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Spanish police have seized 1,090 taxidermy animals from a warehouse in eastern Spain. Around a third of the specimens belong to species that are endangered or are already extinct. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2022 13:46:07 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:39:53 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Dv8FDPiKYhyXE2hpjwG7NW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A taxidermy elephant, rhino and cheetah, as well as other animals, from the collection seized by Spanish police.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A taxidermy elephant, rhino and cheetah, as well as other animals, from the collection seized by Spanish police.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Grizzly bears: North America's brown bear ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/54453-grizzly-bear.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Grizzly bears are a type of brown bear that live in North America. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2022 13:47:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:57:06 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5TymxJoVZQPULQFvgydUZA-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A grizzly bear walking along a salmon spawning stream in Katmai National Park, Alaska.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of a grizzly bear walking along a salmon spawning stream in Katmai National Park, Alaska.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why aren't there polar bears in Antarctica? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/why-no-polar-bears-antarctica</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Polar bears evolved during a time when the North and South poles were not connected by ice or land, so they stayed at the North Pole. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2022 11:00:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:04:51 +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/jRKoJn879Zt2EFPbWmRw6J-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Polar bears evolved in the Northern Hemisphere and adapted to an ice-rich environment.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Polar bear on melting ice in Svalbard, Norway_Paul Souders via Getty Images]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ See first-ever photos of polar bears playing house in the Russian Arctic ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A wildlife photographer recently captured images of polar bears like you've never seen them before: living in abandoned buildings in the Russian Arctic. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2022 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:04:17 +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/6G3zytZksDfH8vvh32f3RP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Photographer Dmitry Kokh captured photos of polar bears in abandoned buildings on the Chukchi Peninsula in northeastern Russia. He titled this image &quot;Summer season.&quot;]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Photographer Dmitry Kokh captured photos of polar bears in abandoned buildings on the Chukchi Peninsula in northeastern Russia. He titled this image &quot;Summer season.&quot;]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Polar bear parts are being smuggled around the world ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/bears-parts-smuggled-Australia-New-Zealand</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Hundreds of bear parts and their derivatives, such as bile, have been smuggled into Australia and New Zealand since 2007, including polar bears. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2021 12:13:27 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:47:16 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MJfWLLtJhtnFKabfkePdDK-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The head of a stuffed polar bear not involved in the seizures.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of a taxidermy polar bear with its mouth open.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Polar bears bash walrus skulls with boulders and ice blocks, study suggests ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/polar-bears-bludgeon-walruses-boulders.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Do polar bears throw rocks at walruses' heads to stun and kill them, as centuries of anecdotes suggest? They might, scientists say. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2021 11:02:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:38:50 +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/PyofRb2afH5ykZmj9KBdBc-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Alberto Ghizzi Panizza/Science Photo Library]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A polar bear&#039;s paws are broad and powerful, capable of delivering killing blows (or chucking ice boulders at walruses ... maybe).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A polar bear&#039;s paws are broad and powerful, capable of delivering killing blows (or chucking ice boulders at walruses ... maybe).]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Pizzly' bear hybrids are spreading across the Arctic thanks to climate change ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The hybrids may have an advantage over polar bears because their jaws enable them to eat a more diverse range of foods. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2021 12:39:50 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:21:02 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kzRV83JTEW5HRr62rH7Ca4-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ Philippe Clement/Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A &#039;pizzly&#039; bear in captivity.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A &#039;pizzly&#039; bear in captivity.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Trump administration to approve Arctic wildlife refuge for oil and gas drilling ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/oil-drilling-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The section of the refuge poised to be leased is a key habitat for Arctic wildlife. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2020 21:19:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:32:57 +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/niDAmqkxHU6RSWSpeirgFV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A polar bear treks by Kaktovik in Alaska&#039;s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A polar bear treks by Kaktovik in Alaska&#039;s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Polar bear photos: Stunning shots capture Earth's icons of climate change ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ On International Polar Bear Day, let's celebrate the largest of the bear species with these magnificent polar bear photos. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2020 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:05:21 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeanna Bryner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fgsQKRGnBhHs3wNH3DxJC3-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A polar bear named Gerda and a polar bear cub playing in the Novosibirsk Zoo.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A polar bear named Gerda and a polar bear cub playing in the Novosibirsk Zoo.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 52 Polar Bears 'Invade' a Russian Town to Eat Garbage Instead of Starve to Death ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ As climate change destroys their hunting grounds, some bears eat garbage to survive. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2019 21:29:20 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:46:41 +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/fACyrvHsgRNqd2uYLUCmML-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Polar bears ransack a garbage dump for food near Churchill, Manitoba. On Feb. 9, a small village in Russia declared a state of emergency after being visited by at least 52 hungry polar bears in the last two months.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Polar bears ransack a garbage dump for food near Churchill, Manitoba. On Feb. 9, a small village in Russia declared a state of emergency after being visited by at least 52 hungry polar bears in the last two months.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Polar Bears Starving As Arctic Ice Vanishes ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new study shows that polar bears require more food than previously thought. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2018 22:37:54 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:49:53 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Anthony Pagano ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7uoz7GthXsBiiQKfAbWEDf-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Here, an adult female polar bear rests on the Arctic sea ice. Her onboard GPS satellite video-camera collar allowed researchers to follow her for up to 12 days.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Here, an adult female polar bear rests on the Arctic sea ice. Her onboard GPS satellite video-camera collar allowed researchers to follow her for up to 12 days.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Starving Polar Bear's Last Hours Captured in Heartbreaking Video ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A polar bear searches in vain for trash to eat before collapsing. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 09 Dec 2017 00:13:14 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:37:38 +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/GKvne2kNa3ihYrY8p6HPum-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Here, a polar bear stands on the island of Spitsbergen, part of the Svalbard archipelago, bordering the Arctic Ocean and the Norwegian and Greenland Seas.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Here, a polar bear stands on the island of Spitsbergen, part of the Svalbard archipelago, bordering the Arctic Ocean and the Norwegian and Greenland Seas.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Picnic Time! 230 Polar Bears Feast on Whale Carcass ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Hundreds of hungry polar bears were treated to a whale of a buffet last week when the carnivores descended on a whale carcass on the coast of Russia's Wrangel Island. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2017 19:42:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:07:16 +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/63KzzZ2c2ProRd48dgpos6-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A convention of polar bears chowed down on this whale carcass off the coast of Wrangel Island, in Russia, on Sept. 19.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Polar bears eating whale]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Congress Targets Endangered Species Act ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Trump administration and Republicans have introduced at least 11 pieces of legislation that could weaken the Endangered Species Act or prevent some threatened wildlife from being protected. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2017 21:07:58 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 15:21:52 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Bobby Magill ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rkhGWyi4cTiqv3vezt44g5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The polar bear is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Polar bear mom with baby.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientist Dons Polar Bear Costume to Stalk Musk Oxen in the Arctic ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ How is rapid warming in the Arctic affecting animals that are adapted to cold? A wildlife biologist is using many techniques to find out, including stalking muskoxen in a polar bear costume. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2017 12:53:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:00:21 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joel Berger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cER2zkVNs5mA29Tz2WMUP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A pair of musk ox fighting in Norway, Dovrefjell National Park.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Musk Ox pair fighting, Norway, Dovrefjell National Park.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Polar Bear Body Cam Shows Predator's POV ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Eating, swimming and playing — a body cam reveals a polar bear's life. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2017 20:54:13 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:26:50 +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/H6x43ujkZ35xfjnLeCcqyL-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A female polar bear wearing a body cam play fights with another polar bear in the southern Beaufort Sea.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A female polar bear wearing a body cam play fights with another polar bear in the southern Beaufort Sea.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Santa's Reindeer Feel the Heat as Numbers Shrink Worldwide ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Reindeer, mountain lions, deer and polar bears may all be feeling the pinch as the planet warms, new research suggests. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2016 22:12:14 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:56:21 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tia Ghose ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YZv9Kt78QNekbfAvatYwx6-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Taimyr reindeer in northern Russia during the summer of 2003.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Taimyr Reindeer]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Russian Scientists Trapped By Polar Bears Have Been Rescued ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Five meteorologists surrounded by polar bears at a research station on a remote island in high-Arctic Russia have been rescued ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2016 17:33:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:28:18 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Discovery News ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ykBjTq22Cb3YtMmgLCGdHU-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An adult female polar bear and her two cubs travel across the sea ice of the Arctic Ocean north of the Alaska coast. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Alaska polar bears]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Hungry Polar Bears Decimating Seabird Colonies ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Some hungry polar bears are turning to seabird colonies for sustenance. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2016 18:40:04 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:20:02 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kieran Mulvaney ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JLQWDkEKZUxfJTmuhjudGb-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[As polar bears are forced ashore by disappearing sea ice, they may be starting to impact some seabird colonies.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Polar bears decimating seabird colonies]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Starving Polar Bear Photo: Don't Blame (Just) Climate Change ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A dramatic photograph of a starving polar bear went viral online, but scientists say it's a stretch to definitively link polar-bear starvation to climate change. ]]>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why Knut the Polar Bear Died So Suddenly ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/52000-knut-polar-bear-death-identified.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Knut the polar bear, the global sensation that captured the public imagination, died of an autoimmune disorder that caused his immune system to attack his brain. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2015 13:08:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:34:44 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tia Ghose ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bz29vPkf6EncxQu7NDrT8C-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Knut the polar bear died of an autoimmune diisorder that caused encephalitis, new research suggests.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[knut the polar bear poses ona  rock]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Only Climate Action Can Save Polar Bears ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An occasional dolphin kill won't be enough to sustain polar bears as global climate continues to warm. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Margaret Williams ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eAzhtnTx7dVPJ632qja2s8-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A polar bear surfaces in the waters of the U.S. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Submerged polar bear, polar extinctions]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ In Photos: Polar Bears Eat Dolphins Trapped in Ice ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ For the first time, scientists have reported polar bears preying on white-beaked dolphins in Svalbard. Check out these stunning photos of the bears and their dolphin meals on an icy island. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2015 12:55:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:53:14 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeanna Bryner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HkwnXwpzxRFT7gidk6D94N-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An adult male polar bear feeds on the head of a white-beaked dolphin on a fjord on Svalbard,]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An adult male polar bear feeds on the head of a white-beaked dolphin on a fjord on Svalbard,]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Hunting on Land Can't Help a Hungry Polar Bear ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Even though some polar bears are hunting on land more often in areas hit by shrinking Arctic sea ice, a diet of bird eggs and berries can't sustain these huge animals, a new study finds. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2015 17:00:45 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:48:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Becky Oskin ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RL4Xah5cZ5zuuRf2uZqJ2d-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Animal Sex: How Polar Bears Do It ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Polar bear sex involves long-distance tracking, fierce battles and lengthy copulation. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2015 12:51:04 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:32:28 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joseph Castro ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/y2XunCnD9EnVSBT6DfQeBQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[In an attempt to snag a mate, a male polar bear can track and follow a female for miles, even trying to herd her to isolated areas like islands or high cliffs. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Polar bear couple cuddling on drift ice in Arctic Svalbard]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Good News, Bears: Satellites Could Spy on Arctic Species ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Satellites could be a promising tool for tracking Arctic wildlife on the ground, a new study suggests. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2014 21:44:06 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:05:34 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jillian Rose Lim ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WMLfJHjkPCtCyhBfZS4dzH-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Satellite images can help track the movement of polar bears and other Arctic wildlife.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[polar bears arctic satellite demography]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Amazing Video Captures Polar Bear's Point of View ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/46157-polar-bear-arctic-life-video.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ An amazing new video shows Arctic life from a polar bear's point of view. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2014 18:36:31 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:21:52 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Becky Oskin ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ykBjTq22Cb3YtMmgLCGdHU-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Mike Lockhart, USGS]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An adult female polar bear and her two cubs travel across the sea ice of the Arctic Ocean north of the Alaska coast. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Alaska polar bears]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Canadian Polar Bear Hunt Continues, Despite Extinction Threat (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Canada's trade in polar bear skins is driving international concern, and scrutiny. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2014 05:39:02 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:26:14 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Zak Smith ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GvmxRwteSXnoJttbZWaEC8-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[© Paul Shoul: paulshoulphotography.com]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Polar bear skins in storage waiting to be auctioned.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Polar bear skins in storage, polar bear skin trade]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How Polar Bears Survive on 'Heart Attack' Diet ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ If humans ate the same fatty foods as polar bears, they would have heart attacks. But a new study reveals how these magnificent Arctic beasts survive on such a specialized diet. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2014 16:31:12 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:07:52 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tanya Lewis ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/b8NsFCubYdrQy6YRz3ejaF-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Copyright Andrew Derocher, Univeristy of Alberta.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Polar bears have evolved genes that allow them survive on a fatty diet of seals and blubber.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[polar bear]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Polar Bear Monitoring More Crucial as Ice Dwindles (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A recent expedition is a reminder that the polar bear's future is uncertain in a changing Arctic. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2014 22:26:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:39:45 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Geoff York ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VdpReZuAQuqw9YHhuBHDvP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A member of the Svalbard expedition uses a rubber sledge hammer to knock off ice that is blanketing the icebreaker research vessel, the Lance. Such ship-keeping comes with the territory, this high in the Arctic. Frozen seawater covered every exposed surface in the frigid air. The researchers and crew had to wear helmets while on deck to protect themselves from falling icicles. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Breaking ice off icebreaker vessel, Svalbard expedition]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Amazing Photos: Polar Bear Expedition in Svalbard, Norway ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An expedition to the islands of Svalbard, Norway, to study how warming temperatures and melting sea ice are impacting Europe's westernmost polar bear population concluded on Monday (April 21). ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2014 22:25:59 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:20:14 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Live Science Staff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GcX3JfoWfd8xvtPH7iYbjY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A researcher fits a sedated polar bear with a geo-location ear tag, as part of the 2014 NPI and WWF-Canon expedition to Svalbard, Norway.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[polar bear tagging]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Polar Bears on Thin Ice, Arctic Expedition Finds ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An expedition to the islands of Svalbard, Norway, to study how warming temperatures and melting sea ice are impacting Europe's westernmost polar bear population concluded on Monday (April 21). ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2014 14:10:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:46:09 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tanya Lewis ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GcX3JfoWfd8xvtPH7iYbjY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A researcher fits a sedated polar bear with a geo-location ear tag, as part of the 2014 NPI and WWF-Canon expedition to Svalbard, Norway.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[polar bear tagging]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 5 Weird Facts About Polar Bears ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Today (Feb. 27) is International Polar Bear Day, which celebrates everyone's favorite furry beasts of the Arctic. In honor of the occasion, Live Science brings you some wacky facts about polar bears. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2014 12:15:31 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:59:54 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tanya Lewis ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/M3rRFeqQnoxhC43Dv85AQD-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Copyright Andrew Derocher, Univeristy of Alberta.]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New Research Reveals How Polar Bears Stay Warm ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Findings could also explain why they're invisible to night-vision goggles. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2014 23:57:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:18:26 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Cat Ferguson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pPGBstTNHjXyybYr6rscER-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Alan D. Wilson.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[ New calculations suggest polar bear fur might be so effective at trapping warmth because the hairs scatter infrared light.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[polar bear, body temperature, infrared light]]></media:text>
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