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            <title><![CDATA[DNA Differences in Great White Sharks Have Instigated an Unsolved Mystery]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Learn why differences in the mitochondrial DNA of great white sharks have bewildered scientists for over 20 years.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[This Cholera-Related Bacterium Is Melting Sea Stars, Causing a Marine Epidemic]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[What is the sea star wasting disease? Over a decade, sea stars have been disappearing and researchers finally know why. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Highly-Radioactive Wasp Nest Found at Nuclear Waste Facility With No Wasps to be Seen]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Learn more about the wasp nest found at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, and how no wasps have been found around it. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Male Leopard Seals Sing Underwater Nursery Rhymes For Up to 13 Hours a Day]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Learn about the curious singing habits of leopard seals, whose songs bear a striking resemblance to human nursery rhymes.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why Don't We See More Dead Animal Remains While Strolling in the Woods?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Learn more about nature’s quick, efficient, and fascinating process for cleaning up dead animals in the woods.]]></description>
            <author>Avery Hurt</author>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sinkites Are Strange Bodies of Sand Beneath the Sea, and They’re Breaking the Laws of Geology ]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Learn how hundreds of “sinkites,” all around a kilometer across, are altering the strata in the North Sea. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mounting Pressure in the Tintina Fault Could Mean Dangerous Earthquakes]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Learn about the Tintina fault, which has been stirring for thousands of years and may hit the Yukon Territory with a major earthquake in the future.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Meet the Record-Breaking Deep Sea Snail That Lives 6,000 Meters Below the Surface]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Bathylepeta wadatsumi was inspired by an anime character and was discovered with the DSV Shinkai 6500, a crewed submersible, to observe specimens in their natural habitat. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Spiky, Star-Shaped Creatures Show the Deep Sea Is a "Connected Superhighway"]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Dive into the movement of the spindly brittle star, which is more mobile, and more connected, in the deep sea.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Toxic Algae in Whale Poop Warns of Warming Seas in the Alaskan Arctic ]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Learn more about the nearly two decades worth of research showing how the toxins found in bowhead whale poop are a climate change warning bell. ]]></description>
            <author>Monica Cull</author>
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            <title><![CDATA[When It Comes to Crowning Ant Queens, It All Comes Down to Genetics]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 21:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Learn how ant colonies are separated into multiple castes and why a female ant's genes can make or break its chances of becoming queen.]]></description>
            <author>Jack Knudson</author>
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            <title><![CDATA[New Map Reveals Antarctica’s Gigantic Submarine Canyons — Some Deeper Than 13,000 Feet]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Learn about Antarctica’s hidden submarine canyons and how they play an important role in global climate.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Is Your Dog Secretly Judging You?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Do dogs judge humans? Researchers wondered if eavesdropping offers dogs an advantage, enabling them to cast judgements on individuals without direct engagement.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Placental Mammals, Like Whales and Humans, Evolved Bigger Brains and an Evolutionary Advantage]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[What is a placental mammal? Learn more about placental mammals and how having a placenta may have been an evolutionary advantage for mammals. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Living Fossils Like the Coelacanth Have Remained Unchanged for 400 Million Years]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[What is a living fossil? Learn more about the living fossils among us and why this topic is highly debated among scientists. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Flashing Light May Guide a Firefly to Mate, but Scent "Seals the Deal" ]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Learn more about how some firefly species may use pheromone receptors along with bioluminescence to attract partners. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Does Your Dog Watch TV? Here's What Screens Can Say About Their Personality]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Understanding how dogs react to screens could help us train them better and expand their entertainment options.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[These Ancient Dogs Have Pulled Sleds in Greenland for Nearly 1,000 Years]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Meet the Qimmit, Greenand's genetically diverse sled dogs that have been long-time Artic companions. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Series of Hydrothermal Explosions Likely Created New Blue Hot Spring in Yellowstone]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Learn about the new hydrothermal feature that appeared last winter in Yellowstone National Park, possibly on Christmas Day. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Microscopic Crystals Are Behind Blue Sharks' Ability to Change Color]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Learn more about the tiny crystalline dermal denticles, tooth-like scales that allow the blue shark to change colors.  ]]></description>
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