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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 23:06:37 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Bandit Busted With $3.6 million in Fish Bladders</title>
			<description><![CDATA[U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agents recently nabbed an alleged smuggler in California with more that $3.6 million worth of fish swim bladders.  Continue reading →]]></description>
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			<author>Tim Wall</author>						<category>Earth</category>
						<category>endangered species</category>
			
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:36:51 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Bandit Busted With $3.6 million in Fish Bladders</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agents recently nabbed an alleged smuggler in California with more that $3.6 million worth of fish swim bladders.  Continue reading →]]></media:description>
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			<title>Record Dolphin, Sea Turtle Deaths Since Gulf Spill</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Residual contamination from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill is still killing dolphins, sea turtles and other marine life in record numbers.  -&gt;]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/animals/whales-dolphins/record-dolphin-sea-turtle-deaths-since-gulf-spill-130402.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Jennifer Viegas</author>						<category>Animals</category>
						<category>endangered species</category>
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						<category>coral</category>
						<category>corals</category>
						<category>disaster</category>
						<category>Disaster Recovery</category>
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						<category>dolphin</category>
						<category>Dolphins</category>
						<category>Fish</category>
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						<category>Gulf of Mexico</category>
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						<category>Oil &amp; Gas</category>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:27:50 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Record Dolphin, Sea Turtle Deaths Since Gulf Spill</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Residual contamination from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill is still killing dolphins, sea turtles and other marine life in record numbers.  -&gt;]]></media:description>
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			<title>Rare Giraffe Born in New York Suburbs</title>
			<description><![CDATA[An unusual private preserve in Connecticut is now home to a Rothschild giraffe.
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			<author>Paul Heltzel</author>						<category>Animals</category>
						<category>endangered species</category>
						<category>Giraffe</category>
						<category>Zoos and Aquariums</category>
			
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:40:12 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Rare Giraffe Born in New York Suburbs</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[An unusual private preserve in Connecticut is now home to a Rothschild giraffe.
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			<title>Cute Australian Possum Doomed to Climate Change?</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Australia may lose a rare marsupial to the ravages of a rapidly warming world.  -&gt;]]></description>
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			<author>Tim Wall</author>						<category>Earth</category>
						<category>Animals</category>
						<category>Climate Change</category>
						<category>endangered species</category>
			
			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 08:55:15 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Cute Australian Possum Doomed to Climate Change?</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Australia may lose a rare marsupial to the ravages of a rapidly warming world.  -&gt;]]></media:description>
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			<title>Red Tide Slaughtering Florida Manatees</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Toxic algae kill 174 manatees and counting off Florida&#039;s Gulf coast this year, a new record.  -&gt;]]></description>
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			<author>Kieran Mulvaney</author>						<category>red tide</category>
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						<category>Gulf of Mexico</category>
						<category>Florida</category>
						<category>endangered species</category>
						<category>algae</category>
						<category>Earth</category>
			
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:21:19 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Red Tide Slaughtering Florida Manatees</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Toxic algae kill 174 manatees and counting off Florida&#039;s Gulf coast this year, a new record.  -&gt;]]></media:description>
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			<title>&#039;Bubble-Pop&#039; Bird May Be Rarest in U.S.</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Gunnison sage-grouse courts females by inflating its chest and making a popping sound -- but experts say this unusual U.S. bird is at the brink of extinction.  -&gt;]]></description>
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			<author>Jennifer Viegas</author>						<category>Animals</category>
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						<category>bird</category>
						<category>Birds</category>
						<category>endangered</category>
						<category>endangered species</category>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:42:55 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">&#039;Bubble-Pop&#039; Bird May Be Rarest in U.S.</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[The Gunnison sage-grouse courts females by inflating its chest and making a popping sound -- but experts say this unusual U.S. bird is at the brink of extinction.  -&gt;]]></media:description>
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			<title>Mysterious Beasts Discovered Near Loch Ness</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A creature with a long, snake-like body, many legs and a voracious appetite was recently discovered near Loch Ness in northern Scotland.  -&gt;]]></description>
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			<author>Tim Wall</author>						<category>Earth</category>
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						<category>endangered species</category>
						<category>Wildlife Conservation</category>
			
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 07:27:21 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Mysterious Beasts Discovered Near Loch Ness</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[A creature with a long, snake-like body, many legs and a voracious appetite was recently discovered near Loch Ness in northern Scotland.  -&gt;]]></media:description>
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			<title>Man Sentenced for Abusing Great White Shark</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A South African man was charged and sentenced this week for &quot;fishing for, collecting, attempting to kill, disturbing, harassing&quot; a great white shark.  -&gt;]]></description>
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			<author>Jennifer Viegas</author>						<category>Animals</category>
						<category>endangered species</category>
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						<category>endangered</category>
						<category>Great White Sharks</category>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:43:33 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Man Sentenced for Abusing Great White Shark</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[A South African man was charged and sentenced this week for &quot;fishing for, collecting, attempting to kill, disturbing, harassing&quot; a great white shark.  -&gt;]]></media:description>
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			<title>Rare Bison Discovered in Alaskan Permafrost</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Two scientists rafting down an Arctic river in Alaska discovered an almost complete 40,000-year-old steppe bison skeleton with DNA-rich hair and tendons still attached.  -&gt;]]></description>
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			<author>Larry O&#039;Hanlon</author>						<category>Adventure</category>
						<category>Animals</category>
						<category>Earth</category>
						<category>endangered species</category>
						<category>Polar Regions</category>
			
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:12:40 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Rare Bison Discovered in Alaskan Permafrost</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Two scientists rafting down an Arctic river in Alaska discovered an almost complete 40,000-year-old steppe bison skeleton with DNA-rich hair and tendons still attached.  -&gt;]]></media:description>
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			<title>Cookiecutter Sharks Tear Flesh Out of Great Whites</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Great white sharks are victimized by ravenous cookiecutter sharks, which bite out chunks of great white flesh.  -&gt;]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/animals/sharks/cookiecutter-sharks-tear-flesh-out-of-great-whites-130126.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Jennifer Viegas</author>						<category>Animals</category>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 08:17:14 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Cookiecutter Sharks Tear Flesh Out of Great Whites</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Great white sharks are victimized by ravenous cookiecutter sharks, which bite out chunks of great white flesh.  -&gt;]]></media:description>
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			<title>New Zealander Wants to Ban Cats as Pets</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Your furry friend is actually a friendly neighborhood serial killer.  -&gt;]]></description>
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			<author>Tracy Staedter</author>						<category>Animals</category>
						<category>endangered species</category>
			
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:58:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">New Zealander Wants to Ban Cats as Pets</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Your furry friend is actually a friendly neighborhood serial killer.  -&gt;]]></media:description>
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			<title>Cornell Creates Massive Animal Sound Site</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The university digitizes the world&#039;s largest archive of animal sounds.
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			<link>http://news.discovery.com/animals/insects/largest-archive-of-animal-sounds-now-available-online-130116.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Jennifer Viegas</author>						<category>Animals</category>
						<category>endangered species</category>
						<category>Pets</category>
						<category>Sharks</category>
						<category>Whales &amp; Dolphins</category>
						<category>Zoo Animals</category>
			
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:26:12 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Cornell Creates Massive Animal Sound Site</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[The university digitizes the world&#039;s largest archive of animal sounds.
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			<title>Unproven Chinese Medicine Killing Manta Rays</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Australian government has taken steps to protect the giant manta ray, which has been widely hunted for its use in alternative medicines.]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/animals/endangered-species/unproven-chinese-medicine-killing-manta-rays-121022.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Benjamin Radford</author>						<category>Animals</category>
						<category>Current Events</category>
						<category>Extinct Animals</category>
						<category>Health</category>
						<category>Human Behavior</category>
						<category>Humans</category>
						<category>Marine Life</category>
						<category>Science and Technology</category>
						<category>Wildlife Conservation</category>
						<category>alternative medicine</category>
						<category>endangered species</category>
						<category>manta rays</category>
						<category>myths</category>
						<category>rhinos</category>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:48:42 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Unproven Chinese Medicine Killing Manta Rays</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[The Australian government has taken steps to protect the giant manta ray, which has been widely hunted for its use in alternative medicines.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>More Rhino Cams Come to Indonesia (Video)</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Rhinoceroses are a rare species, and it&#039;s humans that are to blame for that. These herbivorous mammals have been sought out for centuries for their horns -- keratin extensions of their noses -- which are believed to have healing properties in traditional Asian medicine. The Western medical community has disproven that this is actually true, [...]]]></description>
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			<author>Erik Trinidad</author>						<category>Adventure</category>
						<category>endangered species</category>
						<category>Javan Rhino</category>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:38:25 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">More Rhino Cams Come to Indonesia (Video)</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Rhinoceroses are a rare species, and it&#039;s humans that are to blame for that. These herbivorous mammals have been sought out for centuries for their horns -- keratin extensions of their noses -- which are believed to have healing properties in traditional Asian medicine. The Western medical community has disproven that this is actually true, [...]]]></media:description>
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			<title>Rhino Horn Stolen from Paris Museum</title>
			<description><![CDATA[When you think of the word &quot;heist,&quot; the word &quot;diamond&quot; may come to mind; after all there have been plenty of diamond heists in history. You may also think about heists of famous works of art -- perhaps the 1911 heist of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre comes to mind -- but earlier this [...]]]></description>
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			<author>Erik Trinidad</author>						<category>Adventure</category>
						<category>Fishing &amp; Hunting</category>
						<category>endangered species</category>
						<category>rhino</category>
			
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:47:22 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Rhino Horn Stolen from Paris Museum</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[When you think of the word &quot;heist,&quot; the word &quot;diamond&quot; may come to mind; after all there have been plenty of diamond heists in history. You may also think about heists of famous works of art -- perhaps the 1911 heist of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre comes to mind -- but earlier this [...]]]></media:description>
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			<title>Free Mobile Survival Game Inspires Young Conservationists</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Race against the clock in a battle for Survival! A new free mobile game from the global wildlife charity Wildscreen aims to encourage kids&#039; curiosity and raise awareness about our world&#039;s most endangered animals. Many kids these days are completely at home with their parent&#039;s smartphones, so the Survival game is a bid to bring [...]]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/human/life/free-mobile-survival-game-inspires-young-conservationists.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Derek Markham</author>						<category>Games</category>
						<category>Life</category>
						<category>Animals</category>
						<category>Apps</category>
						<category>endangered species</category>
						<category>iPhone</category>
						<category>Smart Phones</category>
			
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:29:45 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Free Mobile Survival Game Inspires Young Conservationists</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Race against the clock in a battle for Survival! A new free mobile game from the global wildlife charity Wildscreen aims to encourage kids&#039; curiosity and raise awareness about our world&#039;s most endangered animals. Many kids these days are completely at home with their parent&#039;s smartphones, so the Survival game is a bid to bring [...]]]></media:description>
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			<title>Banking Coral Sperm</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The latest work on frozen coral embryos and sperm will preserve staghorn coral from the Great Barrier Reef.]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/earth/sperm-bank-for-endangered-coral-110519.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Tim Wall</author>						<category>Animal Breeding</category>
						<category>Conservation</category>
						<category>corals</category>
						<category>Deep Sea Science</category>
						<category>Earth</category>
						<category>Extinctions</category>
						<category>Genetic Science</category>
						<category>Water</category>
						<category>zoology</category>
						<category>Australia</category>
						<category>coral</category>
						<category>elkhorn</category>
						<category>endangered species</category>
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						<category>genetic diversity</category>
						<category>great barrier reef</category>
						<category>Institute</category>
						<category>ocean acidification</category>
						<category>smithsonian</category>
						<category>sperm</category>
						<category>sperm bank</category>
			
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 13:56:32 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Banking Coral Sperm</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[The latest work on frozen coral embryos and sperm will preserve staghorn coral from the Great Barrier Reef.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Dusky Sharks Not Safe at Home</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Dusky sharks return to breeding grounds - a trait that may put them in further jeopardy to finning and overfishing.]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/animals/sharks/dusky-sharks-not-safe-at-home-110428.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Tim Wall</author>						<category>Animal Behavior</category>
						<category>Animals</category>
						<category>Fish</category>
						<category>Food</category>
						<category>Food and Culture</category>
						<category>Marine Life</category>
						<category>Oceans</category>
						<category>Wildlife Conservation</category>
						<category>Conservation</category>
						<category>copper shark</category>
						<category>DNA</category>
						<category>Dusky shark</category>
						<category>endangered</category>
						<category>endangered species</category>
						<category>fin</category>
						<category>mitochondria</category>
						<category>shark</category>
						<category>shark fin soup</category>
			
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:58:20 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Dusky Sharks Not Safe at Home</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Dusky sharks return to breeding grounds - a trait that may put them in further jeopardy to finning and overfishing.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Sharks Get Congressional Protection</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Congress tightens loopholes on shark finning to protect endangered species. Guest commentator and shark attack survivor Debbie Salamone gives us a year-end review.]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/earth/guest-commentator-debbie-salamone-is-a-communications-manager-at-the-pew-environment-group-this-year-an-estimated-73-mil.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Christina Reed</author>						<category>Activism</category>
						<category>Biodiversity</category>
						<category>Conservation</category>
						<category>Earth</category>
						<category>Fish</category>
						<category>Food</category>
						<category>Oceanography</category>
						<category>Policy</category>
						<category>Sharks</category>
						<category>Congress</category>
						<category>endangered species</category>
						<category>finning</category>
						<category>Honduras</category>
						<category>Palau</category>
						<category>Pew</category>
						<category>victims</category>
			
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:52:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Sharks Get Congressional Protection</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Congress tightens loopholes on shark finning to protect endangered species. Guest commentator and shark attack survivor Debbie Salamone gives us a year-end review.]]></media:description>
			
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			<title>Top Earth Stories: No. 7 - The Great Species Shuffle</title>
			<description><![CDATA[[Editor&amp;#039;s note: Get the entire Decade&amp;#039;s Top 10 Earth Stories list here] If the 1990s saw the popularization of the poster animal -- the most majestic or cuddly of at-risk species -- then the past decade saw conservation interest democratized. Yes, animals like tigers and pandas still maintain their totem status on holiday cards; polar [...]]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/earth/the-great-species-shuffle.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Sarah Dowdey</author>						<category>invasive species</category>
						<category>Animal Science</category>
						<category>Biodiversity</category>
						<category>Earth</category>
						<category>zoology</category>
						<category>decade-end wrap up</category>
						<category>endangered species</category>
			
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:40:29 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Top Earth Stories: No. 7 - The Great Species Shuffle</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[[Editor&amp;#039;s note: Get the entire Decade&amp;#039;s Top 10 Earth Stories list here] If the 1990s saw the popularization of the poster animal -- the most majestic or cuddly of at-risk species -- then the past decade saw conservation interest democratized. Yes, animals like tigers and pandas still maintain their totem status on holiday cards; polar [...]]]></media:description>
			
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