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  	<title>USGS Multimedia Gallery Collection for: Animals</title>
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	<description>A list of photography and images from the U.S. Geological Survey's Multimedia Gallery (http://gallery.usgs.gov).</description>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Wind Energy Facility]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Wind energy facility in the Northeastern United States. An unexpected number of dead bats began appearing beneath industrial-scale wind turbines in North America and Europe during the past 10 years.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Paul Cryan
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_19_2009_s84Aq11PPk_10_19_2009_0</link>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>CoreCast107</category>

				<category>Bat</category>

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				<category>FortCollinsScienceCenter</category>

				<category>Barotrauma</category>

				<category>HoaryBat</category>

				<category>Energy</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Wind Turbines]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Wind turbines at certain sites in North America each cause dozens of bat fatalities per year. ]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Paul Cryan
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_19_2009_s84Aq11PPk_10_19_2009_1</link>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Wind Turbine]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Most modern wind turbines are taller than a 30-story building. Field biologist Apple Snider stands at the base of a turbine in New York for scale.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Paul Cryan
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_19_2009_s84Aq11PPk_10_19_2009_2</link>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Wind Turbine Blade]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This photo shows one of the three 135-ft blades of a turbine before installation. Although the blades of wind turbines appear to move quite slowly to the human eye, blade tips often move at speeds faster than 100 mph. ]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Paul Cryan
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_19_2009_s84Aq11PPk_10_19_2009_3</link>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Hoary Bat]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) roosting on the branch of a tree. About half of all bat fatalities documented in North America involve hoary bats, a migratory species that roosts in the foliage of trees.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Paul Cryan
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_19_2009_s84Aq11PPk_10_19_2009_4</link>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Hoary Bat Victim]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) found dead beneath a wind turbine, an apparent victim of a blade strike or near-contact barotrauma (lung failure from severe and abrupt pressure change; here, caused by the spinning blades). Prior to the problem of bat fatalities at wind turbines, biologists rarely encountered hoary bats.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Paul Cryan
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_19_2009_s84Aq11PPk_10_19_2009_5</link>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Bats and Wind Energy]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[USGS biologist Paul Cryan examines the carcass of a hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) found beneath a wind turbine. By examining the casualties, biologists hope to learn more about why migratory bats are so susceptible to wind turbines. ]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Apple Snider
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_19_2009_s84Aq11PPk_10_19_2009_6</link>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Bats and Wind Energy]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[USGS biologist Paul Cryan. Biologists hope to learn more about the scale and causes of bat fatalities at wind turbines by searching for carcasses of bats beneath turbines and carefully documenting the conditions under which they are found.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Paul Cryan
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_19_2009_s84Aq11PPk_10_19_2009_7</link>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>CoreCast107</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Wind Turbine]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[The species of bats that are most susceptible to wind turbines all roost in trees throughout the year, leading some scientists to speculate that they may be visually mistaking wind turbines for trees in which to roost.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Paul Cryan
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_19_2009_s84Aq11PPk_10_19_2009_8</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_19_2009_s84Aq11PPk_10_19_2009_8</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>CoreCast107</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Wind Turbines]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Some of the larger wind energy facilities in North America are composed of hundreds of wind turbines dispersed across tens of thousands of acres, like this one in Colorado. ]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Paul Cryan
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_19_2009_s84Aq11PPk_10_19_2009_9</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_19_2009_s84Aq11PPk_10_19_2009_9</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>WindEnergy</category>

				<category>FortCollinsScienceCenter</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Bat with Radio Transmitter]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[USGS biologist Paul Cryan releases a bat carrying a miniature radio transmitter. Researchers are increasingly turning to high-tech methods to try to learn more about the mysterious lives of bats. ]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Ernie Valdez
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_19_2009_s84Aq11PPk_10_19_2009_10</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_19_2009_s84Aq11PPk_10_19_2009_10</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Southern African Python]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Southern African Python (Python natalensis). The snake pictured is a representative of a species discussed in the USGS snake risk assessment. This snake was photographed in its native range.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Graham J. Alexander
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_16_2009_h40Of66eey_10_16_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_16_2009_h40Of66eey_10_16_2009_0</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>Python</category>

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				<category>GiantConstrictors</category>

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				<category>SouthFlorida</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Green Anaconda]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Green anaconda in Brazil. The snake pictured is a representative of a species discussed in the USGS snake risk assessment. This snake was photographed in its native range.  ]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Photo © Lutz Dirksen 
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_16_2009_h40Of66eey_10_16_2009_1</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_16_2009_h40Of66eey_10_16_2009_1</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Yellow Anaconda]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Yellow anaconda in Argentina. The snake pictured is a representative of a species discussed in the USGS snake risk assessment. This snake was photographed in its native range.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Photo © Lutz Dirksen 
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_16_2009_h40Of66eey_10_16_2009_2</link>
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		  <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Deschauensee’s Anaconda ]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Deschauensee’s Anaconda (Eunectes deschauenseei). The snake pictured is a representative of a species discussed in the USGS snake risk assessment. This snake was photographed in its native range.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Photo © Lutz Dirksen 
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_16_2009_h40Of66eey_10_16_2009_4</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_16_2009_h40Of66eey_10_16_2009_4</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Beni Anaconda (Eunectes beniensis)]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Beni or Bolivian Anaconda (Eunectes beniensis). Photo by Lutz Dirksen, www.anakondas.de. Used with permission. ]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	l.dirksen - at - anakondas.de (Lutz Dirksen)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_16_2009_rVm8PCb55J_10_16_2009_0</link>
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		  <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Reticulated python (Python reticulatus)]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Reticulated python (Broghammerus/Python reticulatus) in Indonesia. Photo ©Bjorn Lardner, Colorado State University. Used with permission.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	lardnerb - at - usgs.gov (Bjorn Lardner)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_16_2009_fka4EQp10W_10_16_2009_0</link>
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		  <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Climate Map for Northern African Python: Areas Potentially Suitable for Invasion]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[The Northern African Python ( Python sebae ) occurs naturally in a diverse collection of localities in central Africa.  The climate-matched portions of the U.S. include peninsular Florida, extreme south Texas, Puerto Rico (right inset), Hawaii (left inset), and the other island territories (not shown)]]></description>
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					unknown
			
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_12_2009_mRHt48Wkj1_10_12_2009_0</link>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Implanting a Radio Transmitter in a Burmese Python]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Researchers implant a radio transmitter in a 16-foot, 155-pound female Burmese python (Python molurus) at the South Florida Research Center, Everglades National Park. Radio-tracking builds understanding of where pythons spend their time and therefore where they can be controlled in practice. Photo courtesy of Lori Oberhofer, National Park Service.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Lori Oberhofer
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_12_2009_mRHt48Wkj1_10_12_2009_1</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_12_2009_mRHt48Wkj1_10_12_2009_1</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Burmese python, a Giant Constrictor Snake]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Burmese python (Python molurus). Photo courtesy of Roy Wood, National Park Service.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Roy Wood
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_12_2009_mRHt48Wkj1_10_12_2009_2</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_12_2009_mRHt48Wkj1_10_12_2009_2</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>NR2009_10_13</category>

				<category>BurmesePython</category>

				<category>invasiveSpecies</category>

				<category>snakes</category>

				<category>biology</category>

				<category>GiantConstrictors</category>

				<category>SouthFlorida</category>

				<category>EcosystemHealth</category>

				<category>RiskAssessment</category>

				<category>PythonMolurus</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[An Invasive Boa Constrictor at a Miami County Park]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor) at a county park in southeastern Miami. Photo courtesy of Mike Rochford, University of Florida. Used with permission. ]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Mike Rochford
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_12_2009_mRHt48Wkj1_10_12_2009_3</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_12_2009_mRHt48Wkj1_10_12_2009_3</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>NR2009_10_13</category>

				<category>BoaConstrictor</category>

				<category></category>

				<category>invasiveSpecies</category>

				<category>snakes</category>

				<category>biology</category>

				<category>GiantConstrictors</category>

				<category>SouthFlorida</category>

				<category>EcosystemHealth</category>

				<category>RiskAssessment</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Invasive Burmese Python on Her Nest in South Florida]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A female Burmese python (Python molurus) on her nest with eggs. Photo by Jemeema Carrigan, University of Florida. Courtesy of Skip Snow, National Park Service. Used with permission.
 
]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Jemeema Carrigan
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_12_2009_mRHt48Wkj1_10_12_2009_4</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_12_2009_mRHt48Wkj1_10_12_2009_4</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>NR2009_10_13</category>

				<category>BurmesePython</category>

				<category>invasiveSpecies</category>

				<category>snakes</category>

				<category>biology</category>

				<category>GiantConstrictors</category>

				<category>SouthFlorida</category>

				<category>EcosystemHealth</category>

				<category>RiskAssessment</category>

				<category>PythonMolurus</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Yellow Anaconda Captured at Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Yellow anaconda (Eunectes notaeus) specimen captured at Big Cypress National Preserve. Photo courtesy of  Skip Snow, National Park Service.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Skip Snow
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_12_2009_mRHt48Wkj1_10_12_2009_5</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_12_2009_mRHt48Wkj1_10_12_2009_5</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/10_12_2009/mRHt48Wkj1_10_12_2009/thumbs/Invasive_10.bmp" length="6784" type="" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>NR2009_10_13</category>

				<category>YellowAnaconda</category>

				<category>EunectesNotaeus</category>

				<category>snakes</category>

				<category>biology</category>

				<category>invasiveSpecies</category>

				<category>GiantConstrictors</category>

				<category>SouthFlorida</category>

				<category>EcosystemHealth</category>

				<category>RiskAssessment</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[A Burmese Python and an Alligator Encounter in South Florida]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A Burmese python (Python molurus) peeks over the head of an alligator that holds the python’s body in its mouth in Everglades National Park. Photo courtesy of Lori Oberhofer, National Park Service. ]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Lori Oberhofer
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_12_2009_mRHt48Wkj1_10_12_2009_6</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_12_2009_mRHt48Wkj1_10_12_2009_6</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/10_12_2009/mRHt48Wkj1_10_12_2009/thumbs/Invasive_03.bmp" length="4384" type="" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>NR2009_10_13</category>

				<category>BurmesePython</category>

				<category>invasiveSpecies</category>

				<category>snakes</category>

				<category>biology</category>

				<category>alligator</category>

				<category>GiantConstrictors</category>

				<category>SouthFlorida</category>

				<category>EcosystemHealth</category>

				<category>RiskAssessment</category>

				<category>PythonMolurus</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Measuring the Length of a Captured Burmese Python]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Skip Snow (National Park Service) measures the length of a captured Burmese python (Python molurus) at the South Florida Research Center, Everglades National Park. Photo courtesy of Lori Oberhofer, NPS. ]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Lori Oberhofer
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_12_2009_mRHt48Wkj1_10_12_2009_7</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_12_2009_mRHt48Wkj1_10_12_2009_7</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>NR2009_10_13</category>

				<category>BurmesePython</category>

				<category>invasiveSpecies</category>

				<category>snakes</category>

				<category>biology</category>

				<category>GiantConstrictors</category>

				<category>SouthFlorida</category>

				<category>EcosystemHealth</category>

				<category>RiskAssessment</category>

				<category>PythonMolurus</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Examining bass abnormalities]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[USGS researcher examining bass for abnormalities in the field.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_14_2009_yEUg8KJwv6_09_14_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_14_2009_yEUg8KJwv6_09_14_2009_0</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>intersex</category>

				<category>Endocrine-Disruptors</category>

				<category>contaminants</category>

				<category>fisheries</category>

				<category>biology</category>

				<category>bass</category>

				<category>fish</category>

				<category>employee</category>

				<category>NR2009_09_14</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Examining bass abnormalities]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[USGS researcher examining bass for abnormalities in the field.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	jhinck - at - usgs.gov (Jo Ellen Hinck)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_14_2009_yEUg8KJwv6_09_14_2009_1</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_14_2009_yEUg8KJwv6_09_14_2009_1</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>intersex</category>

				<category>Endocrine-Disruptors</category>

				<category>contaminants</category>

				<category>fisheries</category>

				<category>biology</category>

				<category>bass</category>

				<category>fish</category>

				<category>employee</category>

				<category>NR2009_09_14</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Eskimo Volunteers Helping with Banding]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Two Yupik Eskimo students from Chevak, Alaska holding a tundra swan cygnet. These student volunteers were helping with an annual USGS waterfowl banding program along the Kashunuk River near the Bering Sea coast in western Alaska.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Craig Ely
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_14_2009_pUKw5BAnm2_09_14_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_14_2009_pUKw5BAnm2_09_14_2009_0</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/09_14_2009/pUKw5BAnm2_09_14_2009/thumbs/Image108-17-98.jpg" length="16199" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>biology</category>

				<category>waterfowl</category>

				<category>cygnet</category>

				<category>eskimo</category>

				<category>volunteers</category>

				<category>banding</category>

				<category>research</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Black-Tailed Prairie Dog]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Black-tailed prairie dogs are quite susceptible to sylvatic plague, but a new plague vaccine put in their food shows significant promise in the laboratory. The prairie dogs transmit the disease to endangered black-footed ferrets, who eat the prairie dogs and are also quite susceptible to the disease.

Along with other wild rodents, prairie dogs are also considered a significant reservoir of plague for other wildlife, domestic animals, and people in the western U.S.  Prevention of plague in wild rodents by immunization could reduce outbreaks of the disease in animals, thereby reducing the risk for human exposure to the disease.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Dean Biggins
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_03_2009_kpf6JVu22C_08_03_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_03_2009_kpf6JVu22C_08_03_2009_0</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 3 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>NR2009_08_03</category>

				<category>PrairieDog</category>

				<category>biology</category>

				<category>animals</category>

				<category>rodents</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Black-Tailed Prairie Dog]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Black-tailed prairie dogs are quite susceptible to sylvatic plague, but a new plague vaccine put in their food shows significant promise in the laboratory. The prairie dogs transmit the disease to endangered black-footed ferrets, who eat the prairie dogs and are also quite susceptible to the disease.

Along with other wild rodents, prairie dogs are also considered a significant reservoir of plague for other wildlife, domestic animals, and people in the western U.S.  Prevention of plague in wild rodents by immunization could reduce outbreaks of the disease in animals, thereby reducing the risk for human exposure to the disease.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Dean Biggins
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_03_2009_kpf6JVu22C_08_03_2009_1</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_03_2009_kpf6JVu22C_08_03_2009_1</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/08_03_2009/kpf6JVu22C_08_03_2009/thumbs/BTPD_Dean_Biggins_Image_1FORT.jpg" length="13899" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 3 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>NR2009_08_03</category>

				<category>PrairieDog</category>

				<category>biology</category>

				<category>animals</category>

				<category>rodents</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Akiapolaau Honeycreeper]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[While the susceptibility of endangered akiapolaau honeycreepers to avian malaria is unknown, it is likely very high given their current restriction to the highest elevation forests on the island of Hawaii.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Carter Atkinson
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_22_2009_h41Og66Fea_05_22_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_22_2009_h41Og66Fea_05_22_2009_0</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/05_22_2009/h41Og66Fea_05_22_2009/thumbs/Akiapolaau (Hemignathus munroi) Atkinson PIERC.jpg" length="12046" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>NR2009_05_22</category>

				<category>AkiapolaauHoneycreeper</category>

				<category>AvianMalaria</category>

				<category>AvianPox</category>

				<category>birds</category>

				<category>avian</category>

				<category>ClimateChange</category>

				<category>disease</category>

				<category>genetics</category>

				<category>wildlife</category>

				<category>honeycreepers</category>

				<category>endangered</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Amakihi Honeycreeper]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[During the past decade populations of this honeycreeper have begun to rebound at lower elevations on most of the main Hawaiian Islands, in spite of high prevalence of infection with avian malaria.  Natural selection for resistance to avian malaria is the leading explanation for this rebound and recent genetic studies indicate that these populations are genetically distinct from their higher elevation counterparts.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Dennis LaPointe
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_22_2009_h41Og66Fea_05_22_2009_1</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_22_2009_h41Og66Fea_05_22_2009_1</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>NR2009_05_22</category>

				<category>AmakihiHoneycreeper</category>

				<category>AvianMalaria</category>

				<category>AvianPox</category>

				<category>DiseaseResistance</category>

				<category>adaptation</category>

				<category>birds</category>

				<category>avian</category>

				<category>ClimateChange</category>

				<category>disease</category>

				<category>genetics</category>

				<category>wildlife</category>

				<category>honeycreepers</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Akepa Honeycreeper]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[While the susceptibility of endangered akepa honeycreepers to avian malaria is unknown, it is likely very high given their current restriction to the highest elevation forests on the island of Hawaii.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Carter Atkinson
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_22_2009_h41Og66Fea_05_22_2009_2</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_22_2009_h41Og66Fea_05_22_2009_2</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>NR2009_05_22</category>

				<category>AkepaHoneycreeper</category>

				<category>AvianMalaria</category>

				<category>AvianPox</category>

				<category>birds</category>

				<category>avian</category>

				<category>ClimateChange</category>

				<category>disease</category>

				<category>genetics</category>

				<category>wildlife</category>

				<category>honeycreepers</category>

				<category>endangered</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Iiwi Honeycreeper]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[While still common at higher elevations, iiwi are extremely susceptible to avian malaria.  Mortality is as high as 90% after exposure to a single infective mosquito bite under laboratory conditions.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Carter Atkinson
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_22_2009_h41Og66Fea_05_22_2009_3</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_22_2009_h41Og66Fea_05_22_2009_3</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/05_22_2009/h41Og66Fea_05_22_2009/thumbs/Iiwi - Not Endangered.jpg" length="3909" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>NR2009_05_22</category>

				<category>IiwiHoneycreeper</category>

				<category>AvianMalaria</category>

				<category>AvianPox</category>

				<category>birds</category>

				<category>avian</category>

				<category>ClimateChange</category>

				<category>disease</category>

				<category>genetics</category>

				<category>wildlife</category>

				<category>honeycreepers</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Endangered Humpback Chub]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[U.S. Geological Survey scientists estimate that the adult population of humpback chub (Gila
cypha) in the Grand Canyon increased 50 percent between 2001 and 2008.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	
					unknown
			
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/04_27_2009_eIYl15Obb7_04_27_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/04_27_2009_eIYl15Obb7_04_27_2009_0</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>NR2009_04_27</category>

				<category>water</category>

				<category>GlenCanyon</category>

				<category>HumpbackChub</category>

				<category>biology</category>

				<category>fish</category>

				<category>ColoradoRiver</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Bird Migration Card - 1937]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Image scan of a historical bird migration card. This is just an example of the more than 6 million handwritten cards stored in government files, in the North American Bird Phenology Progam, with more than a century of information about bird migration, a veritable treasure trove for climate-change researchers because they will help them unravel the effects of climate change on bird behavior.

This card: Ruby-Throated Hummingbird]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	
					unknown
			
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_18_2009_b27Iam4YXs_03_18_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_18_2009_b27Iam4YXs_03_18_2009_0</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>migration</category>

				<category>phenology</category>

				<category>BirdCards</category>

				<category>NR2009_03_18</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Bird Migration Card - 1939]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Image scan of a historical bird migration card. This is just an example of the more than 6 million handwritten cards stored in government files, in the North American Bird Phenology Progam, with more than a century of information about bird migration, a veritable treasure trove for climate-change researchers because they will help them unravel the effects of climate change on bird behavior.

This card: Eastern Robin]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	
					unknown
			
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_18_2009_b27Iam4YXs_03_18_2009_1</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_18_2009_b27Iam4YXs_03_18_2009_1</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/03_18_2009/b27Iam4YXs_03_18_2009/thumbs/BPPMigrationCards_Page_2.jpg" length="2871" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>migration</category>

				<category>phenology</category>

				<category>BirdCards</category>

				<category>NR2009_03_18</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Bird Migration Card - 1933]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Image scan of a historical bird migration card. This is just an example of the more than 6 million handwritten cards stored in government files, in the North American Bird Phenology Progam, with more than a century of information about bird migration, a veritable treasure trove for climate-change researchers because they will help them unravel the effects of climate change on bird behavior.

This card: Ivory-billed Woodpecker]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	
					unknown
			
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_18_2009_b27Iam4YXs_03_18_2009_2</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_18_2009_b27Iam4YXs_03_18_2009_2</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/03_18_2009/b27Iam4YXs_03_18_2009/thumbs/BPPMigrationCards_Page_3.jpg" length="2071" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>migration</category>

				<category>phenology</category>

				<category>BirdCards</category>

				<category>NR2009_03_18</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Bird Migration Card - 1921]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Image scan of a historical bird migration card. This is just an example of the more than 6 million handwritten cards stored in government files, in the North American Bird Phenology Progam, with more than a century of information about bird migration, a veritable treasure trove for climate-change researchers because they will help them unravel the effects of climate change on bird behavior.

This card: Bald Eagle]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	
					unknown
			
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_18_2009_b27Iam4YXs_03_18_2009_3</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_18_2009_b27Iam4YXs_03_18_2009_3</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>migration</category>

				<category>phenology</category>

				<category>BirdCards</category>

				<category>NR2009_03_18</category>

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		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Bird Migration Card - 1933]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Image scan of a historical bird migration card. This is just an example of the more than 6 million handwritten cards stored in government files, in the North American Bird Phenology Progam, with more than a century of information about bird migration, a veritable treasure trove for climate-change researchers because they will help them unravel the effects of climate change on bird behavior.

This card: Northern Bald Eagle]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	
					unknown
			
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_18_2009_b27Iam4YXs_03_18_2009_4</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_18_2009_b27Iam4YXs_03_18_2009_4</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>migration</category>

				<category>phenology</category>

				<category>BirdCards</category>

				<category>NR2009_03_18</category>

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		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Bird Migration Card - 1922]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Image scan of a historical bird migration card. This is just an example of the more than 6 million handwritten cards stored in government files, in the North American Bird Phenology Progam, with more than a century of information about bird migration, a veritable treasure trove for climate-change researchers because they will help them unravel the effects of climate change on bird behavior.

This card: Chimney Swift]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	
					unknown
			
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_18_2009_b27Iam4YXs_03_18_2009_5</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_18_2009_b27Iam4YXs_03_18_2009_5</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>migration</category>

				<category>phenology</category>

				<category>BirdCards</category>

				<category>NR2009_03_18</category>

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		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Bird Migration Card - 1939]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Image scan of a historical bird migration card. This is just an example of the more than 6 million handwritten cards stored in government files, in the North American Bird Phenology Progam, with more than a century of information about bird migration, a veritable treasure trove for climate-change researchers because they will help them unravel the effects of climate change on bird behavior.

This card: Purple Martin]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	
					unknown
			
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_18_2009_b27Iam4YXs_03_18_2009_6</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_18_2009_b27Iam4YXs_03_18_2009_6</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>migration</category>

				<category>phenology</category>

				<category>BirdCards</category>

				<category>NR2009_03_18</category>

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		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Female Broad-Tailed Hummingbird]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A female broad-tailed hummingbird visiting a flower near the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Colorado.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	David Inouye
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_18_2009_aeu2XKj87R_03_18_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_18_2009_aeu2XKj87R_03_18_2009_0</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>biology</category>

				<category>ClimateChange</category>

				<category>birds</category>

				<category>environment</category>

				<category>NR2009_03_18</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Little Blue Heron Siblings]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Little blue herons are a species recorded in the historical bird phenology cards.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	ligl - at - usgs.gov (L.D. Igl)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_17_2009_u05Ct21SRn_03_17_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_17_2009_u05Ct21SRn_03_17_2009_0</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>biology</category>

				<category>ecology</category>

				<category>environment</category>

				<category>ClimateChange</category>

				<category>BlueHeron</category>

				<category>phenology</category>

				<category>birds</category>

				<category>NR2009_03_18</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Yellow-Headed Blackbird Fledgling.]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Yellow-headed blackbird fledgling. This species is also recorded in the Bird Phenology Program cards.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	ligl - at - usgs.gov (L.D. Igl)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_17_2009_w06Evi2UTo_03_17_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_17_2009_w06Evi2UTo_03_17_2009_0</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>biology</category>

				<category>ClimateChange</category>

				<category>environment</category>

				<category>ecology</category>

				<category>phenology</category>

				<category>birds</category>

				<category>NR2009_03_18</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Bird Migration Cards]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Volunteers Derek Smith (white shirt) and Reuben Anderson sort through migration cards in the Bird Phenology Program Office.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	jzelt - at - usgs.gov (Jessica Zelt)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_17_2009_dIYk0ONba7_03_17_2009_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_17_2009_dIYk0ONba7_03_17_2009_0</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>biology</category>

				<category>ClimateChange</category>

				<category>phenology</category>

				<category>BirdCards</category>

				<category>NR2009_03_18</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Bird Migration Cards]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[North American Bird Phenology Program Coordinator Jessica Zelt working with old migration bird cards.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	jzelt - at - usgs.gov (Jessica Zelt)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_17_2009_dIYk0ONba7_03_17_2009_1</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_17_2009_dIYk0ONba7_03_17_2009_1</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>biology</category>

				<category>ClimateChange</category>

				<category>phenology</category>

				<category>BirdCards</category>

				<category>NR2009_03_18</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Alligator on Bank]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[An alligator sunning itself along the banks of a canal, in Big Cypress National 
Preserve.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	hhenkel - at - usgs.gov (Heather Henkel)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_0</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_14_2009/n63Umy8LKf/thumbs/DSCN0089.JPG" length="20876" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>animals</category>

				<category>wildlife</category>

				<category>alligator</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Alligator on canal bank]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[An alligator basking on a canal bank near H. P. Williams Roadside Park, in Big 
Cypress National Preserve.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_6</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_6</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_14_2009/n63Umy8LKf/thumbs/DHA0001.JPG" length="70419" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>animals</category>

				<category>wildlife</category>

				<category>alligator</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Alligator swimming in canal]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[An alligator swimming in a canal near H. P. Williams Roadside Park, in Big 
Cypress National Preserve.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_7</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_7</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_14_2009/n63Umy8LKf/thumbs/DHA0002.JPG" length="68306" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>animals</category>

				<category>wildlife</category>

				<category>alligator</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Pig frog &#040;Rana grylio&#041;]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A pig frog (Rana grylio) floats in the hydrilla-filled waters of a canal, in Big 
Cypress National Preserve.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_10</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_10</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_14_2009/n63Umy8LKf/thumbs/DHA0008.JPG" length="70756" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>animals</category>

				<category>wildlife</category>

				<category>aquatic</category>

				<category>vegetation</category>

				<category>frog</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[White peacock butterfly &#040;Anartia jatrophae&#041;]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A white peacock (Anartia jatrophae) butterfly in Big Cypress National Preserve.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tenright - at - usgs.gov (Tracy Enright)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_11</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/n63Umy8LKf_11</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_14_2009/n63Umy8LKf/thumbs/DHA0010.JPG" length="69659" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>animals</category>

				<category>butterfly</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Adult Male Elephant Seal]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[An adult male elephant seal at A&ntilde;o Nuevo State Natural Reserve in California. This &#034;loser" has been pushed out to the periphery of the mating bull's harem.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	plaustsen - at - usgs.gov (Paul Laustsen)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/fja4EQp10W_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/fja4EQp10W_0</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_12_2009/fja4EQp10W/thumbs/Elephant_seal_loser.JPG" length="134730" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>ocean</category>

				<category>elephant</category>

				<category>seal</category>

		</item>



		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Polar Bears along Arctic Sea Ice]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Polar bears along sea ice in the Arctic Ocean.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	jrobertson - at - usgs.gov (Jessica K Robertson)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/aFVh84Kxw6_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/aFVh84Kxw6_0</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/12_09_2008/aFVh84Kxw6/thumbs/IMG_4277.JPG" length="19085" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Tue, 9 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>polar</category>

				<category>bear</category>

				<category>Arctic</category>

				<category>ocean</category>

				<category>SeaIce</category>

		</item>



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		  <title><![CDATA[Polar Bears along Arctic Sea Ice]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Polar bears along sea ice in the Arctic Ocean.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	jrobertson - at - usgs.gov (Jessica K Robertson)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/aFVh84Kxw6_1</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/aFVh84Kxw6_1</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/12_09_2008/aFVh84Kxw6/thumbs/IMG_4279.JPG" length="19026" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Tue, 9 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>polar</category>

				<category>bear</category>

				<category>Arctic</category>

				<category>ocean</category>

				<category>SeaIce</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Polar Bears along Arctic Sea Ice]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Polar bears along sea ice in the Arctic Ocean.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	jrobertson - at - usgs.gov (Jessica K Robertson)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/aFVh84Kxw6_2</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/aFVh84Kxw6_2</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/12_09_2008/aFVh84Kxw6/thumbs/IMG_4282.JPG" length="20238" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Tue, 9 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>polar</category>

				<category>bear</category>

				<category>Arctic</category>

				<category>ocean</category>

				<category>SeaIce</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Polar Bears along Arctic Sea Ice]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Polar bears along sea ice in the Arctic Ocean.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	jrobertson - at - usgs.gov (Jessica K Robertson)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/aFVh84Kxw6_3</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/aFVh84Kxw6_3</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/12_09_2008/aFVh84Kxw6/thumbs/IMG_4284.JPG" length="18288" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Tue, 9 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>polar</category>

				<category>bear</category>

				<category>Arctic</category>

				<category>ocean</category>

				<category>SeaIce</category>

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		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Polar Bears along Arctic Sea Ice]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Polar bears along sea ice in the Arctic Ocean.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	jrobertson - at - usgs.gov (Jessica K Robertson)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/aFVh84Kxw6_4</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/aFVh84Kxw6_4</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/12_09_2008/aFVh84Kxw6/thumbs/IMG_4286.JPG" length="19239" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Tue, 9 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>polar</category>

				<category>bear</category>

				<category>Arctic</category>

				<category>ocean</category>

				<category>SeaIce</category>

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		<item>
		  <title><![CDATA[Polar Bears along Arctic Sea Ice]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Polar bears along sea ice in the Arctic Ocean.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	jrobertson - at - usgs.gov (Jessica K Robertson)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/aFVh84Kxw6_5</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/aFVh84Kxw6_5</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/12_09_2008/aFVh84Kxw6/thumbs/IMG_4296.JPG" length="19059" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Tue, 9 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>polar</category>

				<category>bear</category>

				<category>Arctic</category>

				<category>ocean</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Polar Bears along Arctic Sea Ice]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Polar bears along sea ice in the Arctic Ocean.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	jrobertson - at - usgs.gov (Jessica K Robertson)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/aFVh84Kxw6_6</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/aFVh84Kxw6_6</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/12_09_2008/aFVh84Kxw6/thumbs/IMG_4303.JPG" length="17978" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Tue, 9 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>polar</category>

				<category>bear</category>

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				<category>ocean</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Polar Bears along Arctic Sea Ice]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Polar bears along sea ice in the Arctic Ocean.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	jrobertson - at - usgs.gov (Jessica K Robertson)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/aFVh84Kxw6_7</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/aFVh84Kxw6_7</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 9 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>polar</category>

				<category>bear</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Polar Bears along Arctic Sea Ice]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Polar bears along sea ice in the Arctic Ocean.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	jrobertson - at - usgs.gov (Jessica K Robertson)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/aFVh84Kxw6_8</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/aFVh84Kxw6_8</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 9 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>polar</category>

				<category>bear</category>

				<category>Arctic</category>

				<category>ocean</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Polar Bears along Arctic Sea Ice]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Polar bears along sea ice in the Arctic Ocean.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	jrobertson - at - usgs.gov (Jessica K Robertson)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/aFVh84Kxw6_9</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/aFVh84Kxw6_9</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/12_09_2008/aFVh84Kxw6/thumbs/IMG_4316.JPG" length="17791" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Tue, 9 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Polar Bear along Arctic Sea Ice]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Polar bear along sea ice in the Arctic Ocean.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	jrobertson - at - usgs.gov (Jessica K Robertson)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/aFVh84Kxw6_10</link>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Polar Bear along Arctic Sea Ice]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Polar bear along sea ice in the Arctic Ocean.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	jrobertson - at - usgs.gov (Jessica K Robertson)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/aFVh84Kxw6_11</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/aFVh84Kxw6_11</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 9 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Polar Bear along Arctic Sea Ice]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Polar bear along sea ice in the Arctic Ocean.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	jrobertson - at - usgs.gov (Jessica K Robertson)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/aFVh84Kxw6_12</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/aFVh84Kxw6_12</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 9 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Polar Bears along Arctic Sea Ice]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Polar bears along sea ice in the Arctic Ocean.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	jrobertson - at - usgs.gov (Jessica K Robertson)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/aFVh84Kxw6_13</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/aFVh84Kxw6_13</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 9 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Polar Bears along Arctic Sea Ice]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This image is of a polar bear and their cub.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	jrobertson - at - usgs.gov (Jessica K Robertson)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/aFVh84Kxw6_14</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/aFVh84Kxw6_14</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 9 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Sea Otter in Monterey Bay, California]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A sea otter swims in Monterey Bay, California. USGS scientists study sea otters in efforts to help the threatened species continue to recover from near extinction.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tlarson - at - usgs.gov (Tania Larson)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/369</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/369</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Studying Sea Otters]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Sea otter researcher Michelle Staedler, of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, records sea otter behavior in her logbook as part of a study with the USGS and the University of California at Santa Cruz on sea otter behavior. ]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tlarson - at - usgs.gov (Tania Larson)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/370</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/370</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Tracking Sea Otters]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Sea otter researchers Michelle Staedler, Monterey Bay Aquarium, and Tim Tinker, USGS, work together to locate sea otters in their study project. USGS scientists and their partners study sea otters in efforts to help the threatened species continue to recover from near extinction.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tlarson - at - usgs.gov (Tania Larson)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/371</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/371</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Kelp Forest]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Kelp forests are often called the rainforest of the sea. They support wide varieties of marine life. Sea otters are both a sentinal and a keystone species for the health of kelp forests. Without sea otters, there is a shift in the ecosystem that can severly damage the kelp forests. USGS scientists study sea otters and the ecosystems in which they live in efforts to help the threatened species continue to recover from near extinction.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tlarson - at - usgs.gov (Tania Larson)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/372</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/372</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>kelp</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Sea Otter Swims in Monterey Bay, California]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A sea otter swims in Monterey Bay, California. USGS scientists study sea otters in efforts to help the threatened species continue to recover from near extinction.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tlarson - at - usgs.gov (Tania Larson)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/373</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/373</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>SeaOtter</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Tracking Sea Otters]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[USGS sea otter researcher Tim Tinker drives the boat on an expedition to track and observe sea otters in Monterey Bay, California. USGS scientists study sea otters in efforts to help the threatened species continue to recover from near extinction.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tlarson - at - usgs.gov (Tania Larson)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/374</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/374</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Dismantling VHS Receiver]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Sea otter researcher Tim Tinker, USGS, dismantle the VHS reciever after a long morning of tracking and observing sea otters in Monterey Bay, California. ]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tlarson - at - usgs.gov (Tania Larson)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/375</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/375</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Tracking Sea Otters]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[USGS wildlife biologist Alisha Kage holds out a VHF receiver, hoping to hear the tell-tale beep that helps her locate sea otters that are part of study to monitor and learn more about the species. USGS scientists study sea otters in efforts to help the threatened species continue to recover from near extinction.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tlarson - at - usgs.gov (Tania Larson)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/376</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/376</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Kelp Forest]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Kelp forests are often called the rainforest of the sea. They support wide varieties of marine life. Sea otters are both a sentinal and a keystone species for the health of kelp forests. Without sea otters, there is a shift in the ecosystem that can severly damage the kelp forests. USGS scientists study sea otters and the ecosystems in which they live in efforts to help the threatened species continue to recover from near extinction.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tlarson - at - usgs.gov (Tania Larson)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/377</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/377</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Sea Otter Swims in Monterey Bay, California]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A sea otter swims in Monterey Bay, California. USGS scientists study sea otters in efforts to help the threatened species continue to recover from near extinction.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tlarson - at - usgs.gov (Tania Larson)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/378</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/378</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Spotting Sea Otters]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[USGS wildlife biologist Alisha Kage looks through a telescope to help her locate and identify tagged sea otters, then records the otter's location for a study aimed at learning more about the species. USGS scientists study sea otters in efforts to help the threatened species continue to recover from near extinction.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tlarson - at - usgs.gov (Tania Larson)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/379</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/379</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Visions of Kelp, Monterey Bay]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Kelp forests are often called the rainforest of the sea. They support wide varieties of marine life. Sea otters are both a sentinal and a keystone species for the health of kelp forests. Without sea otters, there is a shift in the ecosystem that can severly damage the kelp forests. USGS scientists study sea otters and the ecosystems in which they live in efforts to help the threatened species continue to recover from near extinction.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tlarson - at - usgs.gov (Tania Larson)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/380</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/380</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Sea Otter Pup Wants the Worm]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A sea otter pup watches eagerly as its mother eats a fat innkeeper worm in Monterey Bay, California. USGS scientists study sea otters in efforts to help the threatened species continue to recover from near extinction.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tlarson - at - usgs.gov (Tania Larson)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/381</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/381</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Sea Otter Dining on Crab]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A sea otter dines on crabmeat in Monterey Bay, California. USGS scientists study sea otters in efforts to help the threatened species continue to recover from near extinction.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tlarson - at - usgs.gov (Tania Larson)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/382</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/382</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Sea Otter Dining on Crab]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A sea otter dines on crabmeat in Monterey Bay, California. USGS scientists study sea otters in efforts to help the threatened species continue to recover from near extinction.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tlarson - at - usgs.gov (Tania Larson)
				
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/383</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/383</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Sea Otter Dining on Crab]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A sea otter dines on crabmeat in Monterey Bay, California. USGS scientists study sea otters in efforts to help the threatened species continue to recover from near extinction.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	tlarson - at - usgs.gov (Tania Larson)
				
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/384</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/384</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Moose Tracking]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Scott Becker, a Wyoming Unit master's student, attaches a radio collar to a moose cow as part of a study of moose movement, habitat use, and mortality rates in the area near Jackson Hole, Wyoming]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Wayne Hubert
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/365</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/365</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Bobcat Tracking]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A Vermont Unit researcher outfits a captured bobcat with a lightweight GPS collar that will record its daily movements.The collar will provide information on bobcat home range size, habitat use, and movements.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Therese Donovan
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/366</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/366</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Bird-Banding Oystercatcher]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Alaska Unit master's student Julie Morse bands a black oystercatcher.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Ron Niebrugge
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/367</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/367</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Endangered Holiday Darter]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[An endangered holiday darter (Amicalola population). Darters are among the most threatened Southeastern fish; they have been likened to aquatic canaries.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Noel Burkhead
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/357</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/357</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Waccamaw Killifish]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A threatened Waccamaw killifish from the Southeastern Atlantic Slope.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Fritz Rhode
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		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/358</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/358</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Sicklefin Redhorse]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A threatened sicklefin redhorse from the Tennessee River.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Steve Fraley
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/359</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/359</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Alabama Sturgeon]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[An endangered Alabama sturgeon from the Mobile River.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Patrick O'Niel
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/360</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/360</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Sage-Grouse Population Model]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Changes to greater sage-grouse distribution in the American West predicted by a new scientific model based on extensive study of sage-grouse range contraction. &#034;Likely secure populations" indicates areas where sage-grouse are present and currently stable. "Currently extirpated" indicates areas where sage-grouse are now locally extinct, as the model predicted. "Potential recolonization" indicates areas where populations are known to be locally extinct, but based on the model, landscape conditions are most similar to areas where sage-grouse currently persist. "At-risk populations" predicts absence where populations are known to occur. These habitats are most similar to areas where sage-grouse have already disappeared; therefore, existing populations are likely at risk of local extinction.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/160</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/160</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>sage-grouse</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Alligator and Python Struggle]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[An American alligator and a Burmese python locked in a struggle to prevail in Everglades National Park. This python appears to be losing, but snakes in similar situations have apparently escaped unharmed, and in other situations pythons have eaten alligators.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	Lori Oberhofer
		  </author>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Native Python Range (in U.S.)]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Areas of the continental United States with climate matching that of the pythons' native range in Asia.]]></description>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>alligator</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Projected Python Range (in U.S.)]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Projected climate in the continental United States in the year 2100, based on global warming models, that matches climate in the pythons' native range in Asia.]]></description>
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		  <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>python</category>

				<category>alligator</category>

				<category>snake</category>

				<category>InvasiveSpecies</category>

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