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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Arthropods</title>
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		<title>Stink bug that&#8217;s new to US munches nuisance kudzu, but also threatens bean crops in South</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Brumback</dc:creator>
		
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Kudzu-munching bug also threatens US bean crops

ATLANTA — Researchers recently found an insect in north Georgia that has never before been reported in the Western Hemisphere — and its arrival could be both a blessing and a curse.
Some might celebrate the arrival of the kudzu-munching bug, which could help control the invasive vine that drapes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vermont sugarmakers to discuss insect problem at annual meeting Thursday</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
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Vermont sugarmakers to gather Thursday
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — Vermont sugarmakers say their industry&#8217;s enjoying good times in general, but there are still some worries: Insects.

About 20 maple sugar producers meeting at the Windham County Sugarmakers annual meeting Thursday said last year was one of the strongest sugarmaking years in recent history.
But the Brattleboro Reformer reports the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A look at how climate change is spreading pests around the globe</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Pests on move worldwide as climate warms
A look at some other pests that are benefiting or could benefit from global warming:

—Ticks that transmit Lyme disease are spreading northward into Sweden and Canada, once too cold for them.
—Giant Humboldt squid have reached waters as far north as British Columbia, threatening fisheries along much of the western [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Va. dangles $6.7M to lure watermen out of the Chesapeake Bay crab business, gets few bites</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Szkotak</dc:creator>
		
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Chesapeake crabbers not going for Va.&#8217;s buyout

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — To ease pressures on the Chesapeake Bay&#8217;s blue crab population, Virginia is paying watermen to stay out of the water, using $6.7 million in federal disaster aid to buy back crabbing licenses.
Many longtime crabbers won&#8217;t take the bait, though, preferring a backbreaking job with dwindling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National team to help Forest Service manage bark beetle epidemic in Colo., Wyo.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
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National team to help manage bark beetle problem

DENVER — A national team will help the U.S. Forest Service manage the attack against the beetle infestation that has swept through about 2.5 million acres of forests in northern Colorado and southern Wyoming.
Rocky Mountain Regional Forester Rick Cables says the team will help coordinate efforts to address [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make me an offer: Virginia crabbers offer up licenses in bids totaling $30.4 million</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/make-me-an-offer-virginia-crabbers-offer-up-licenses-in-bids-totaling-304-million-221017/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Szkotak</dc:creator>
		
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Hundreds of watermen make Virginia an offer

RICHMOND, Va. — One-third of Virginia&#8217;s watermen have offered to sell their licenses back to the state under a buyback program intended to ease pressure on the Chesapeake Bay crab.
The bids, however, far exceed the $6.7 million in federal disaster aid bankrolling the buyback, meaning only a fraction of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond bison and bears: Scientists seeking Yellowstone&#8217;s hidden species find more than 1,200</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/beyond-bison-and-bears-scientists-seeking-yellowstones-hidden-species-find-more-than-1200-217948/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Stark</dc:creator>
		
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Scientists look for Yellowstone&#8217;s hidden species

HELENA, Mont. — Scientists searching for Yellowstone National Park&#8217;s lesser-known life forms — beyond its famed bison, bears and wolves — found more than 1,200 species, including several never known before to exist in the park.
A one-day study of the park in late August found microscopic worms, mushrooms, a bluish-green [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sex for survival: Study shows male fiddler crabs will protect female neighbors _ at a price</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sex-for-survival-study-shows-male-fiddler-crabs-will-protect-female-neighbors-_-at-a-price-217177/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristen Gelineau</dc:creator>
		
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Study: Fiddler crabs exchange sex for survival

SYDNEY — In the world of fiddler crabs, the best form of protection for females is, apparently, having sex with the neighbors, according to an Australian study published Wednesday.
Researchers from The Australian National University in Canberra found male fiddler crabs will happily defend a nearby female against intruders — [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s Ahmadinejad likens power of country&#8217;s enemies to a &#8216;mosquito&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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Ahmadinejad: Iran&#8217;s enemies a &#8216;mosquito&#8217;
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran&#8217;s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday compared the power of Iran&#8217;s enemies to a &#8220;mosquito,&#8221; saying Iran now deals with the West over its nuclear activities from a position of power.

The comment from Ahmadinejad came as Iran is negotiating with the West over a U.N.-backed proposal to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farmers prevail over US&#8217;s most expensive pest; boll weevil gone from 98 percent of US cotton</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
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US cotton almost clear of voracious boll weevil

LUBBOCK, Texas — For more than a century, small green beetles ate through U.S. cotton crops, costing growers $20 billion and making the boll weevil the most expensive agricultural pest in the nation&#8217;s history.
But finally, good has prevailed over the weevil.
U.S. agricultural officials declared victory this year in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leaving his job for the &#8216;last true adventure on earth&#8217;: He&#8217;s driving around the world</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/leaving-his-job-for-the-last-true-adventure-on-earth-hes-driving-around-the-world-207317/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicolas Rapp</dc:creator>
		
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Trans World Expedition: Driving around the world

NEW YORK — In November, I&#8217;ll be quitting my job and heading out on one of the last true adventures left on earth: Driving around the world.
I&#8217;ll spend about a year on the road, starting and finishing in New York. When I can&#8217;t drive, I&#8217;ll ship the car by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico struggles to save monarch reserve from bark-beetle infestation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Stevenson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — Authorities who have struggled to stop illegal logging in Mexico&#8217;s famed monarch butterfly reserve now are cutting down thousands of trees themselves to fight an unprecedented infestation of deadly bark beetles.

Biologists and park workers are racing to fell as many as 9,000 infected fir trees and bury or extract infested wood before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Timber sale on Oregon national forest tests Obama pledge to protect roadless areas</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Barnard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DIAMOND LAKE, Ore. — When Sharon Karr&#8217;s cabin was built on the shores of this high mountain lake in 1928, there were few neighbors and little thought given to the prospects of wildfire.

There are now 102 cabins on this land on the Umpqua National Forest, and fears of a big fire have grown. Young trees [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists racing to save tens of millions of seeds as ash trees devastated by Asian beetle</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melanie S. Welte</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DES MOINES, Iowa — Mark Widrlechner is out to save a species from extinction.

It&#8217;s the native ash tree, and although it provides $25 billion worth of timber and decorates backyards across North America, an unstoppable bug has slowly killed millions of trees in 13 states and could cause the species&#8217; ultimate demise — unless Widrlechner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bats, spiders and bodies, oh my: 3 ways to get naturally spooked _ no special effects required</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Haunted house attractions and ghost tours can be a lot of fun. But some things are naturally spooky, with no fake blood or recorded howls required.

If you relish the notion of getting your thrills and chills without Hollywood special effects, check out the world&#8217;s largest urban bat colony in Austin, Texas; immerse yourself in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chickens, fresh apples and other local foods can give indigestion to local officials</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Hill</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Chickens finally can roost legally in Bozeman, Mont.

And it&#8217;s thanks largely to a group of food-minded locals calling itself the Community Led Urban Chicken movement — that&#8217;s right, CLUC — that persuaded city officials to lift restrictions on the increasingly popular practice of keeping backyard birds for eggs or meat.
Such encounters between so-called locavores (people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>20 hospitalized in Turkey after bees swarm following road accident</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANKARA, Turkey — An official says a van stacked with beehives has crashed into a truck, killing one person and causing the bees to swarm and attack five injured crash victims and their rescuers.

The state-run Anatolia news agency says around 20 people, including medics and police officers who responded to the accident, are being treated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Road accident in Turkey frees bees who go after the crash victims</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzan Fraser</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ANKARA, Turkey — A van carrying beehives crashed into a truck on Monday, and huge swarms of bees broke free and stung the injured and rescue workers at the scene.

In the end, about 20 people were taken to hospitals, six of them injured in the crash and the rest rescue workers who were stung by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Antenna sensors turn out to be key to Monarch butterflies finding their way to Mexico</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/antenna-sensors-turn-out-to-be-key-to-monarch-butterflies-finding-their-way-to-mexico-177890/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randolph E. Schmid</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Millions of Monarch butterflies migrate to Mexico for the winter and scientists have long speculated on how the insects find their way. Turns out, their antennas are the key.

How do we know? Well, researchers painted butterfly antennas black, and the insects got lost.
Managing to fly south may not sound like a big deal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Researchers say Arctic warming has widespread effects on Arctic plants, animals</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randolph E. Schmid</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Arctic warming is affecting plants, birds, animals and insects as ice melts and the growing season changes, scientists report in a new review of the many impacts climate change is having on the far north.

As the global climate changes, the Arctic Circle has been warming faster than other regions and scientists have documented [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just repaired Hubble unveils its handiwork: Photos of beauty, life and death on galactic scale</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/just-repaired-hubble-unveils-its-handiwork-photos-of-beauty-life-and-death-on-galactic-scale-163762/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A refurbished Hubble Space Telescope is showing Earth the sharpest photos yet of cosmic beauty, complete with heavenly glows. NASA on Wednesday unveiled the first deep space photos taken by Hubble since its billion dollar repair mission last spring. That work included installing two new cameras, other science instruments and replacing broken parts.

&#8220;Hubble [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NY researchers breed rare beetles discovered by citizen scientists in Lost Ladybug Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 04:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Esch</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ITHACA, N.Y. — A year after they launched a nationwide search for dwindling native ladybugs, New York researchers are breeding colonies of them from insects found by citizen scientists in Oregon and Colorado.

John Losey, an entomologist at Cornell University, launched the Lost Ladybug Project last year to try to figure out why once-common native ladybug [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bugged by decline in native ladybug species, NY researchers talk about the birds and bees</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ITHACA, N.Y. — A year after they launched a nationwide search for dwindling native ladybugs, New York researchers are breeding colonies of them from insects found by citizen scientists in Oregon and Colorado.

Cornell University entomologist John Losey launched the Lost Ladybug Project to figure out why common native ladybug species had all but disappeared.
This summer, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British doctors complain of &#8216;tick-box approach&#8217; to care of terminally ill patients</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Lawless</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — A group of senior British doctors expressed concern Thursday about the treatment of the terminally ill, saying some people are dying prematurely because of guidelines for dealing with patients in their final hours.

In a letter to The Daily Telegraph newspaper, the six palliative care specialists criticized the &#8220;tick-box approach to the management of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Fish and Wildlife decides against endangered species listing for NM butterfly</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-fish-and-wildlife-decides-against-endangered-species-listing-for-nm-butterfly-157573/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Major Holmes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has ruled the Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly does not warrant listing as an endangered species and protection of its habitat.

Agency officials, in a decision published Wednesday, said they found no current significant threats to the 2-inch butterfly and that none of the factors which could threaten [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oregon man stung by bees more than 200 times before being rescued by nearby workers</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/oregon-man-stung-by-bees-more-than-200-times-before-being-rescued-by-nearby-workers-151990/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAGRANDE, Ore. — Nearby workers rescued an 18-year-old northeast Oregon man after he swatted one bee and was swarmed by others that stung him more than 200 times.

Zach Gray of LaGrande says he&#8217;s grateful to the men who picked him up in their truck, hosed off the bees and called 911. After six hours of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doomed planet: Astronomers find planet so big and close to star it may be killing itself</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seth Borenstein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Astronomers have found what appears to be a gigantic suicidal planet.

The odd, fiery planet is so close to its star and so large that it is triggering tremendous plasma tides on the star. Those powerful tides are in turn warping the planet&#8217;s zippy less-than-a-day orbit around its star.
The result: an ever-closer tango of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Billions of beetles, wildfire spread imperil the northern forests of a warmer world</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles J. Hanley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HAINES JUNCTION, Yukon Territory — A veil of smoke settled over the forest in the shadow of the St. Elias Mountains, in a wilderness whose spruce trees stood tall and gray, a deathly gray even in the greenest heart of a Yukon summer.

&#8220;As far as the eye can see, it&#8217;s all infested,&#8221; forester Rob Legare [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NH man snares a rare, cobalt-blue lobster, donates crustacean to science center</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nh-man-snares-a-rare-cobalt-blue-lobster-donates-crustacean-to-science-center-146522/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 05:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — At first, New Hampshire lobsterman Bill Marconi thought he had caught a shiny blue beer can in his trap. It turns out it was a rare, cobalt-blue lobster. The 52-year-old lobsterman was out hauling 400 traps with his son Wednesday when he snared the 1½-pound lobster in between his dock and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A look at the 29 species the US Fish and Wildlife Service says may need federal protection</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says 29 species may warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act:

PLANTS:
—Yellowstone Sand Verbena in Wyoming
—Ross&#8217; bentgrass in Wyoming
—Hamilton milkvetch in Colorado and Utah
—Isely milkvetch in Utah
—Skiff milkvetch in Colorado
—Precocious milkvetch in Wyoming
—Cisco milkvetch in Utah
—Schmoll milkvetch in Colorado
—Fremont County rockcress in Wyoming
—Boat-shaped bugseed in Colorado
—Pine springs cryptantha in Arizona, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bugs, snails and rare plants: Agency says 29 more species may need federal protection</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bugs-snails-and-rare-plants-agency-says-29-more-species-may-need-federal-protection-142856/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Stark</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SALT LAKE CITY — Twenty-nine species in more than 20 states — from a rare beach-dwelling plant in Yellowstone National Park to a caddisfly in Nebraska — may need federal protections to avoid extinction, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The agency said Tuesday that 20 plants, six snails, two insects and a fish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The bees are back in town: British government asks city-dwellers to help save the honeybee</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/the-bees-are-back-in-town-british-government-asks-city-dwellers-to-help-save-the-honeybee-131584/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Lawless</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — What&#8217;s the well-dressed urbanite wearing this summer? Baggy white coveralls and a beekeeping helmet.

That, at least, is the hope of a British government conservation agency, which is urging city-dwellers to become backyard beekeepers to combat the declining apian population.
Natural England on Wednesday gave its backing to a &#8220;new, contemporary beehive for the urban [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Crazy&#8217; ants attacking honeybees as they spread across southeast Texas, vexing beekeepers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Stewart Ball</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DALLAS — A species of ant that has ruined sewage pumps, fouled computers and made it difficult for homeowners to enjoy their yards has a new target: the honeybee.

The range of the so-called Rasberry crazy ant has more than doubled in the past year, creating a swath in 11 counties beginning near Houston and moving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Butterfly buffs track species in sweltering Ga. refuge count; numbers may be environment gauge</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Bluestein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HILLSBORO, Ga. — The rusty van creaks to a halt and two men jump out, binoculars in hand, heads pivoting. Quickly, questioningly, they call out evocative names: Is that a Pearl Crescent? A Carolina Satyr? A Sleepy Orange? A Swarthy Skipper?

It&#8217;s butterfly counting time at a central Georgia wildlife refuge. That means a sweaty but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gulf of Mexico&#8217;s &#8216;dead zone&#8217; of low-oxygen water much smaller than predicted, but still severe</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Mcconnaughey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS — The Gulf of Mexico&#8217;s &#8220;dead zone&#8221; — where there is too little oxygen in the water for anything to live — is less than half the size predicted earlier this year but also unusually severe, a scientist said Friday.

The hypoxic area forms every year in the Gulf, caused by bacteria feeding on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal grant goes to bumblebee habitat projects near farms in California, elsewhere in US</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Barnard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GRANTS PASS, Ore. — With bumblebees and other native insects that pollinate crops dying off, scientists are working on the best ways to restore natural habitat on or near farms.

The Xerces Society, based in Portland, announced this week it has received $458,000 from the Natural Resources Conservation Service to do some of the work.
Part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU report says species, habitats at risk in Europe; calls for more land for conservation</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/eu-report-says-species-habitats-at-risk-in-europe-calls-for-more-land-for-conservation-108215/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS — A European Union report says grasslands, wetlands and butterflies are threatened in Europe.

The report says the increasing use of land for farming — along with climate change, tourism and poor land management — are to blame for the loss of biodiversity across the 27-nation bloc. The study, released Monday, assessed 216 habitats and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Researchers hope tiny parasite can help protect Midwestern soybeans from destructive insects</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wayne Ortman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — An insect no bigger than a comma is being studied as a natural predator that farmers could use instead of chemicals to protect the nation&#8217;s soybean crop from aphids.

The question for university researchers across the Midwest is whether the tiny Asian insect can survive harsh winters here.
Researchers are exploring a number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From pythons to fungus to zebra mussels, invasive species threaten people, native wildlife</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Daly</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A pet Burmese python broke out of a glass cage last week and killed a 2-year-old girl in her Florida bedroom. The tragedy became the latest and most graphic example of a problem that has plagued the state for more than a decade: a nonnative species that is wreaking havoc in the Everglades, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Passive fenders, aggressive grills: Researchers study how design shapes cars&#8217; &#8216;personalities&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/passive-fenders-aggressive-grills-researchers-study-how-design-shapes-cars-personalities-100515/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Kaczor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The butterfly decals on the front bumper, flowers in the dashboard vase and lime-green paint job only confirmed Dennis Slice&#8217;s perception of a Volkswagen Beetle parked in a lot at Florida State University.

Slice, a shape analysis researcher, said the narrow body, wide-eyed circular headlights, tall windshield and curve of the bug&#8217;s hood [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grasshoppers invade western Utah, find their way into gardens, yards and homes</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/grasshoppers-invade-western-utah-find-their-way-into-gardens-yards-and-homes-94559/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Stark</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TOOELE, Utah — An ambitious director might look at Mitch Halligan&#8217;s property and see an instant B-movie classic: &#8220;Invasion of the Grasshoppers.&#8221;

The place is overrun with the greasy little bugs. With each step you take on his property, the squirmy inch-long grasshoppers jump for cover in every direction. Those that don&#8217;t crunch under foot perch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stung by recent confiscation, NYC beekeepers protest rules banning backyard hives</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/stung-by-recent-confiscation-nyc-beekeepers-protest-rules-banning-backyard-hives-89962/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Ma</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — There&#8217;s a secret buzzing around the rooftops and backyard gardens of New York.

Despite city regulations prohibiting it, hundreds of New Yorkers have kept beehives on rooftops and backyard gardens for years, defying the law in their efforts to create something sustainable in the urban environment.
They&#8217;re people like 61-year-old Deborah Romano, a gardener [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nature au naturel: Naked Hiking Day falls on Father&#8217;s Day, and forest rangers are not pleased</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dishneau</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HAGERSTOWN, Md. — Every year on the first day of summer, a few outdoor enthusiasts nationwide expose virtually all of themselves to insects, scrapes and thorns for the pleasure of bonding with nature au naturel.

They call it Naked Hiking Day.
&#8220;There&#8217;s no way to explain it until you experience it,&#8221; said Andrew Williams, 28, a machinist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crustacean 100 million years ago had sperm as long as its body</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/crustacean-100-million-years-ago-had-sperm-as-long-as-its-body-86106/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — When it comes to sexual reproduction, it turns out that size does matter, at least for a group of ancient crustaceans called ostracods.

Modern versions of these tiny animals also have extra large sperm, but not to the extent of their relatives 100 million years ago, researchers report in Thursday&#8217;s edition of the journal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regional forecast in climate report: Drier South, warmer North, and more bugs</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/regional-forecast-in-climate-report-drier-south-warmer-north-and-more-bugs-83485/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The new climate change science report by the federal government looks at effects of global warming on specific U.S. regions and forecasts what&#8217;s to come:

NORTHEAST
Already: Winter temperatures have increased by 4 degrees since 1970.
Future: Even warmer winters, harm to the ski industry, extreme heat and polluted air in the summer. The maple syrup [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colorado River water supplies at risk if beetle-ravaged forests catch fire</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/colorado-river-water-supplies-at-risk-if-beetle-ravaged-forests-catch-fire-83318/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Lowy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Water supplies for 33 million people could be endangered if millions of acres of beetle-ravaged forests in the Rocky Mountains catch fire, a U.S. Forest Service official said Tuesday.

Rick Cables, the chief forester for the Rocky Mountain region, told a House panel that the headwaters of the Colorado River, an important water source [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local officials seek help dealing with threat of fires in beetle-ravaged forests</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/local-officials-seek-help-dealing-with-threat-of-fires-in-beetle-ravaged-forests-82992/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Lowy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Officials from Rocky Mountain states urged Congress on Tuesday help them avert a potential catastrophe this summer as they grapple with millions of acres of beetle-ravaged pines that are prone to fire.

Local government officials and forestry experts told the House Natural Resources Committee at a hearing Tuesday that small towns, ski resorts, water [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local officials to seek help dealing with threat of fires in beetle-ravaged forests</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/local-officials-to-seek-help-dealing-with-threat-of-fires-in-beetle-ravaged-forests-82581/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Lowy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Officials from Rocky Mountain states are urging Congress to help them avert a potential catastrophe this summer as they grapple with millions of acres of beetle-ravaged pines that are prone to fire.

The House Natural Resources Committee has scheduled a hearing Tuesday to hear from government and forestry experts about the threat from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Researcher believes fear of moles makes worms surface when &#8216;grunters&#8217; go hunting for fish bait</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brendan Farrington</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TATE&#8217;S HELL, Fla. — Gary Revell gets up every morning before sunrise, heads into the woods and grunts.

Not because it&#8217;s so early. It&#8217;s the term for coaxing worms from the ground by the hundreds to be scooped up and plopped in a tin can until he can sell them for fishing bait.
He pounds a two-foot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking for new wings? 10,000 bees land on wing of plane at Mass. airport</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/looking-for-new-wings-10000-bees-land-on-wing-of-plane-at-mass-airport-70285/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DANVERS, Mass. — Maybe these bees were too tired to fly for themselves. A gang of honeybees landed on the wing of a plane used for flight school training at Beverly Airport. At first, the 10,000 or so bees swarmed over the left side of the aircraft, then landed on top of the left wing. [...]]]></description>
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