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In a few short weeks, something strange wiped out more than 60% of the species’ global population"</news:title></news:news></url><url><loc>https://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/purse-web-spider-tarantula-britain</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>BBC Wildlife Magazine</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-23T09:44:51+00:00</news:publication_date><news:title>Meet Britain’s very own tarantula – the purse-web spider, complete with huge fangs</news:title></news:news></url><url><loc>https://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/hirola-antelope-facts</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>BBC Wildlife Magazine</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-23T08:33:22+00:00</news:publication_date><news:title>The bizarre '4-eyed' mammal that appears to survive arid, desert conditions &lt;span style="font-size: revert;"&gt;without access to water&lt;/span&gt;</news:title></news:news></url><url><loc>https://www.discoverwildlife.com/people/boris-belchev</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>BBC Wildlife Magazine</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-23T07:29:49+00:00</news:publication_date><news:title>“Our guide told us there was a bear cave 300 metres away. 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Then it started pushing and clawing at the windows. I pounded and yelled, but couldn’t scare it away."</news:title></news:news></url><url><loc>https://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/do-animals-eat-snot</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>BBC Wildlife Magazine</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-22T03:17:00+00:00</news:publication_date><news:title>The strange reason animals eat their own snot – and it may be more than just a disgusting habit</news:title></news:news></url><url><loc>https://www.discoverwildlife.com/africa/socotra-island</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>BBC Wildlife Magazine</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-22T00:25:00+00:00</news:publication_date><news:title>The strange island where trees bleed, deadly cucumber trees grow and nature has evolved in ways found nowhere else on Earth</news:title></news:news></url><url><loc>https://www.discoverwildlife.com/people/knut-sverre-horn-photographer</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>BBC Wildlife Magazine</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-21T19:48:44+00:00</news:publication_date><news:title>“I endured one and a half hours submerged in the freezing water, with only my head visible.”</news:title></news:news></url></urlset>