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species under the Endangered Species Act, the National Marine Fisheries Service said.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>73</score><crdate>5/8/2007 1:16:35 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-05-08T01:16:35+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>25272</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/25272/1/</url><title><![CDATA[U.N. declares Ecuador's Galapagos islands in danger]]></title><description><![CDATA[&quot;They are threatened by invasive species, growing tourism and immigration,&quot; the UNESCO's world heritage committee meeting in New Zealand said a statement.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>31</score><crdate>6/26/2007 6:46:31 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-06-26T18:46:31+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>38976</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/38976/1/</url><title><![CDATA[New 150 Million-year-old Crab Species Discovered]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researchers from Kent State University and the University of Bucharest, Romania, have discovered a new primitive crab species Cycloprosopon dobrogea in eastern Romania.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>158</score><crdate>10/20/2007 7:26:54 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-10-20T07:26:54+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>20971</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/20971/1/</url><title><![CDATA[New species of sea anemone discovered]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researchers found a new species of sea anemone living in the deepest parts of the Pacific Ocean and in the most unlikely location - a whale carcass.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>79</score><crdate>5/21/2007 9:39:55 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-05-21T09:39:55+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>21728</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/21728/1/</url><title><![CDATA[New limbless lizard species discovered]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Indian zoologist said Monday he has found a new species of limbless lizard in a forested area in the country's east.<br/><br/>Looks like a snake to me.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>72</score><crdate>5/28/2007 11:42:48 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-05-28T23:42:48+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>36625</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/36625/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Scientists Discover Rare Albino Ratfish]]></title><description><![CDATA[There may never be a campaign to save the Puget Sound ratfish; no one really loves the ugly fish with rodent-like front teeth. But when a rare albino ratfish was found during a marine survey this past summer, scientists decided it was time to educate the public about the most abundant fish in local waters.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>134</score><crdate>9/24/2007 11:44:42 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-09-24T23:44:42+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>18853</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/18853/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Butterfly won't get species protection]]></title><description><![CDATA[A butterfly found only at a popular Nevada off-road vehicle site won't receive federal protection as a threatened or endangered species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decided Wednesday.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>41</score><crdate>5/3/2007 2:37:57 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-05-03T02:37:57+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>11825</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/11825/1/</url><title><![CDATA[20 shark, ray species discovered in Indonesia]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scientists document findings in effort to better track populations.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>29</score><crdate>2/28/2007 8:42:52 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-02-28T08:42:52+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>74850</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/74850/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Rare albino cobra unable to survive in wild]]></title><description><![CDATA[This rare albino cobra may look beautiful, but it is just as deadly as the rest of its species. The three-and-a-half foot reptile was the only one of his albino siblings to survive, and is now kept on his own in a specially constructed enclosure.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>316</score><crdate>9/4/2008 8:45:37 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-09-04T08:45:37+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>59816</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/59816/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Biologists rediscover rare cloud rat in Philippines: report]]></title><description><![CDATA[A rare rat species last seen over a century ago in the mountainous northern Philippines has been rediscovered by a team of American and Filipino biologists, a report said Sunday.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>321</score><crdate>4/27/2008 10:56:24 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-27T22:56:24+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>49019</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/49019/1/</url><title><![CDATA[World's Largest Shrew Discovered]]></title><description><![CDATA[The previously unknown, squirrel-size species is the world's largest known elephant shrew and the only new species from the group to be discovered in more than a century.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>296</score><crdate>1/31/2008 9:42:32 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-01-31T09:42:32+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>35891</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35891/1/</url><title><![CDATA[New bat species discovered in Philippines]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new species of flying fox or fruit bat has been discovered on an island south of Manila. 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