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<urlset xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd"><url><loc>https://akingsthings.com/about/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-25T19:18:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://akingsthings.com/2024/09/23/10-animals-that-live-in-extreme-environments/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/da540-depositphotos_132047190_l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Depositphotos_132047190_L</image:title><image:caption>Rendering of a tardigrade. Image via Depositphotos.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/99a21-antrobia_culveri.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Antrobia_culveri</image:title><image:caption>David Ashley (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/fd4f3-proteus_anguinus_postojnska_jama_slovenija.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Proteus_anguinus_Postojnska_Jama_Slovenija</image:title><image:caption>Two olms. Boštjan Burger, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/f1186-depositphotos_377593682_l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Depositphotos_377593682_L</image:title><image:caption>Brine shrimp. Image via Depositphotos</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/a894e-halobates_sericeus.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Halobates_sericeus</image:title><image:caption>Sea Skater. Pigmentsandsuch, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/05b32-depositphotos_50452089_l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Depositphotos_50452089_L</image:title><image:caption>Snow Petrel. Image via Depositphotos</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/7fc2f-depositphotos_37248981_l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Depositphotos_37248981_L</image:title><image:caption>Arctic Fox. Image via Depositphotos.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/aba64-alvinella_pompejana_10.1007-s12526-024-01408-w_figure_3_cropped.png</image:loc><image:title>Alvinella_pompejana_(10.1007-s12526-024-01408-w)_Figure_3_(cropped)</image:title><image:caption>Chen, C., Jamieson, J.W. &amp; Tunnicliffe, V. (2024), CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/677ea-alviniconcha_hessleri.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alviniconcha_hessleri</image:title><image:caption>Alviniconcha hessleri. Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-04T14:49:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://akingsthings.com/2024/06/15/the-pets-of-the-bridgerton-era/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/892a6-edwin_henry_landseer_1802-1873_-_a_boy_and_two_greyhounds_resting_-_290203_-_national_trust.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Landseer, Edwin Henry, 1802-1873; A Boy and Two Greyhounds Resting</image:title><image:caption>A Boy and Two Greyhounds Resting. Edwin Landseer (1802–1873). Oil on canvas. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/a9ab0-p_s_kroyer_1899_-_sommeraften_ved_skagens_strand._kunstneren_og_hans_hustru.jpg</image:loc><image:title>P_S_Krøyer_1899_-_Sommeraften_ved_Skagens_strand._Kunstneren_og_hans_hustru</image:title><image:caption>Summer Evening at Skagen beach. The artist and his wife. Peder Severin Krøyer. 1899. Oil on canvas. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1a3a8-alfred_dedreux_-_pug_dog_in_an_armchair.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alfred_Dedreux_-_Pug_Dog_in_an_Armchair</image:title><image:caption>Pug Dog in an Armchair. Alfred de Dreux. 1857. Oil on canvas. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/31abe-landscape_with_two_horses_and_a_hunting_dog_by_ludwig_benno_fay.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Landscape_with_Two_Horses_and_a_Hunting_Dog_by_Ludwig_Benno_Fay</image:title><image:caption>Landscape with Two Horses and a Hunting Dog. Ludwig Benno Fay (1859–1906). Oil on canvas Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/5b071-the_shepherd_sleeping_with_his_dog_1850-55_by_filippo_palizzi.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The_shepherd_sleeping_with_his_dog_(1850-55),_by_Filippo_Palizzi</image:title><image:caption>The shepherd sleeping with his dog. Filippo Palizzi. 1850–55. Oil on canvas. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/fc922-bruno_liljefors_-_hunter_and_hunting_dog_1881.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bruno_Liljefors_-_Hunter_and_hunting_dog_1881</image:title><image:caption>Hunter and hunting dog. Bruno Liljefors. 1881. Oil on canvas. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1285d-1235px-edwin_w._cooper_of_beccles_-_a_sportsman_with_shooting_pony_and_gun_dogs_-_google_art_project.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1235px-Edwin_W._Cooper_of_Beccles_-_A_Sportsman_with_Shooting_Pony_and_Gun_Dogs_-_Google_Art_Project</image:title><image:caption>A Sportsman with Shooting Pony and Gun Dogs. Edwin W. Cooper. 1815. Oil on canvas. Yale Center for British Art, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/bbc52-jh_dolph_cat_mouse.jpg</image:loc><image:title>JH_Dolph_Cat_Mouse</image:title><image:caption>Playing Cat and Mouse. John Henry Dolph (1835–1903). Oil on cardboard. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/882e4-the_messenger_of_love__by_leonard_straszynski.jpg</image:loc><image:title>_The_messenger_of_love__by_Leonard_Straszyński</image:title><image:caption>The messenger of love. Leonard Straszynski. After 1867. Oil on canvas. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/c8f4d-1024px-sigrid_granfelt_-_reposing_dog_-_a_iii_2492_-_finnish_national_gallery.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1024px-Sigrid_Granfelt_-_Reposing_Dog_-_A_III_2492_-_Finnish_National_Gallery</image:title><image:caption>Reposing Dog. Sigrid Granfelt. 1894. Oil on canvas. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-01T12:17:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://akingsthings.com/2024/06/11/42000-year-old-perfectly-intact-horse-discovered-in-permafrost/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/041b8-your-paragraph-text.png</image:loc><image:caption>Image generated by AATG using Midjourney</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/37c0d-co2_40k.png</image:loc><image:title>CO2_40k</image:title><image:caption>CO2 concentration in parts-per-million during the past 40,000 years (post-Last Glacial Maximum). The current rate of increase is much higher than at any point during the last deglaciation. Renerpho, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/74156-permafrost_in_herschel_island_007.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Permafrost_in_Herschel_Island_007</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/774e9-national_park_service_thawing_permafrost_27759123542.jpg</image:loc><image:title>National_Park_Service_Thawing_permafrost_(27759123542)</image:title><image:caption>In Noatak National Preserve, Alaska, an exceptionally warm summer in 2004 triggered this 300m long slump associated with thawing permafrost. NPS Climate Change Response, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/e6f08-collapsed_permafrost_9356.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Collapsed_permafrost_(9356)</image:title><image:caption>In this photo you can see a collapsed block of ice-rich permafrost along Drew Point, Alaska. Coastal bluffs in this region can erode 20 meters/year (~65 feet). USGS scientists continually research the causes of major permafrost thaw and bluff retreat along the Arctic coast of Alaska. In addition, with the loss of sea ice to protect the beaches from ocean waves, salt water inundates the coastal habitats. Benjamin Jones/USGS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/03e65-mamut_enano-beringia_rusa-noaa.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mamut_enano-Beringia_rusa-NOAA</image:title><image:caption>Ice mummy of the six-to-eight-month old wooly mammoth baby named Dima in situ near Kirgiljach River in northeast Siberia. Dated to 37,000 B.C. | A.V. Lozhkin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/56f2b-amesaatg_00978_equus_lenensis_with_a_black_mane_black_tail_and__9034bf83-da6d-49eb-9ff4-95ae7e90e4f2.png</image:loc><image:title>amesaatg_00978_Equus_lenensis_with_a_black_mane_black_tail_and__9034bf83-da6d-49eb-9ff4-95ae7e90e4f2</image:title><image:caption>Image generated by AATG using Midjourney</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/483ef-permafrost_in_herschel_island_009.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Permafrost_in_Herschel_Island_009</image:title><image:caption>Thawing permafrost in Herschel Island, 5 km off the coast of Yukon in Canada. Boris Radosavljevic, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/250c3-image-60-1.png</image:loc><image:title>image (60)</image:title><image:caption>Image by ExtinctZoo via YouTube</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/0a1d6-image-59-1.png</image:loc><image:title>image (59)</image:title><image:caption>Image by ExtinctZoo via YouTube</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-01T12:13:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://akingsthings.com/2024/05/12/watch-all-about-elite-military-dogs/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1488f-sergeant_stubby.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dog Wearing Military Medals</image:title><image:caption>Sergeant Stubby wearing military uniform and decorations. Stubby: Terrier Hero of Georgetown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/bdbbb-ashurbanipals_servant_with_a_dog.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ashurbanipal's_servant_with_a_dog</image:title><image:caption>Ashurbanipal's servant with a dog, amid lion-hunts. From Room C, North Palace at Nineveh, Iraq, 645-635 BCE. British Museum, London. Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/4e4f8-military-dog.jpg</image:loc><image:title>military dog</image:title><image:caption>U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ahmad Houston, a military working dog handler assigned to the 378th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, controls his K9 during dog handler training at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, July 1, 2023. The training aimed to prime military working dogs’ response to aggression, to keep them prepared to subdue subjects if needed. Tech. Sgt. Alexander Frank, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/d575b-argentina_military_dog.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Argentina_military_dog</image:title><image:caption>Argentina War Dog carrying rifle ammunition boxes for the advanced lines. Note the Egg Hand Grenade below the collar and the tubular mail cannister. Caras y Caretas, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/d9d5b-military-working-dog.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Military Working Dog</image:title><image:caption>By Staff Sgt. Shane Hamann - http://www.defenseimagery.mil/imageRetrieve.action?guid=a685c11f56987667086188143fcb6bdc6894d38d&amp;t=2, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25537801</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-01T12:11:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://akingsthings.com/2024/05/17/10-extinct-animals-youve-never-heard-of/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/48893-behemotops_proteus_wikipedia_juandertal.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Behemotops_proteus_Wikipedia_Juandertal</image:title><image:caption>Behemotops proteus, life reconstruction. Juandertal, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/a9f33-pair_of_thylacinus_cynocephalus_in_washington_zoo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pair_of_Thylacinus_cynocephalus_in_Washington_Zoo</image:title><image:caption>Pair of Thylacinus cynocephalus in Washington Zoo. Frank Baker, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/c4d3b-giant_tree_kangaroo_bohra_paulae.png</image:loc><image:title>Giant_Tree_Kangaroo_(Bohra_paulae)</image:title><image:caption>Giant Tree Kangaroo. ARC CoE CABAH, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/009c3-rhinoceros_tichorhinus_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rhinoceros_Tichorhinus_</image:title><image:caption>Woolly Rhinoceros. Biodiversity Heritage Library, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/de05b-passenger_pigeon_coloured.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Passenger_Pigeon_coloured</image:title><image:caption>Adult female passenger pigeon, digitally enhanced and colored. Hogyncymru, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/c7b93-newfoundlandwolf.jpg</image:loc><image:title>NewfoundlandWolf</image:title><image:caption>Subspecies of a grey wolf named Newfoundland Wolf. Daria Arbuz, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/f2f4c-569px-murtha_penguin_sm_800.jpg</image:loc><image:title>569px-Murtha_Penguin_sm_800</image:title><image:caption>Chatham penguin. Sean Murtha, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2fc6b-melanopsis_parreyssi_melanopsis_hungarica.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Melanopsis_parreyssi_Melanopsis_hungarica</image:title><image:caption>Two Melanopsis parreyssi and the ecotype of the same species called "hungarica".  A.Brehm, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/c9f86-kubanochoerus_robustus_a6_digital.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kubanochoerus_robustus_A6_digital</image:title><image:caption>Long-legged pig. Alex Uchytel, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/dbe9f-pembertons_deer_mouse.png</image:loc><image:title>Pemberton's_deer_mouse</image:title><image:caption>Pemberton's deer mouse. Embladc, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-01T12:08:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://akingsthings.com/2024/03/08/10-unique-reptiles/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2b829-depositphotos_537629158_l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Beautiful lizard of the Yemen Chameleon, Veiled Chameleon, Chama</image:title><image:caption>The veiled chameleon (chamaeleo calyptratus), is a species of chameleon which inhabits Arabian Peninsula in Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Image via Depositphotos</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/4f5f9-depositphotos_457160330_l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Depositphotos_457160330_L</image:title><image:caption>Alligator Snapping Turtle with wide open mouth underwater. Image via Depositphotos</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/7af26-depositphotos_65981685_l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Depositphotos_65981685_L</image:title><image:caption>Thorny devils blend in well with their surroundings. Image via Depositphotos</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/dc05a-depositphotos_389816204_l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mata mata, Chelus fimbriata on isolated Black Background</image:title><image:caption>The matamata turtle is excellent at camouflage. Image via Depositphotos</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/d3d17-depositphotos_250971370_l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Depositphotos_250971370_L</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/c0cab-depositphotos_420891470_l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Depositphotos_420891470_L</image:title><image:caption>Frilled lizard showing off its frill. Image via Depositphotos</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ecaeb-tiliqua_scincoides_tongue.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tiliqua_scincoides_tongue</image:title><image:caption>Blue-tongued skink at Kilcare, NSW, Australia. Doug Beckers, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/fbffb-western_slender_glass_lizard_ophisaurus_attenuatus_51512875265.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Western_Slender_Glass_Lizard_(Ophisaurus_attenuatus)_(51512875265)</image:title><image:caption>This large glass lizard was observed sunning early in the morning in Jefferson County, Missouri. Peter Paplanus from St. Louis, Missouri, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/f4b84-1280px-chrysopelea_ornata_in_kannur.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1280px-Chrysopelea_ornata_in_Kannur</image:title><image:caption>This flying snake is a colubrid snake found in both South and Southeast Asia. Shagil Kannur, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/bd4e6-david-clode-meuo4wzryh8-unsplash-scaled-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>david-clode-meUo4wzrYh8-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>The gila monster has a beautiful pattern on its scales. Image via Depositphotos.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-01T12:05:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://akingsthings.com/2024/04/24/watch-tigers-in-africa/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/3e66b-tiger_tiger_canyon_south_africa_52581409383.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tiger,_Tiger_Canyon,_South_Africa_(52581409383)</image:title><image:caption>A resident of Tiger Canyon. flowcomm, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1b9a8-wild_tigers_at_tiger_canyon_private_game_reserve_by_nick_kleer.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wild_Tigers_at_Tiger_Canyon_Private_Game_Reserve_by_Nick_Kleer</image:title><image:caption>Tigers have been rewilded and adapted to the South African climate. Paula197802, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/817ad-tigers_of_tiger_canyon_by_daniella_kueck_wildlife_photographer.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tigers_of_Tiger_Canyon_by_Daniella_Kueck_Wildlife_Photographer</image:title><image:caption>Two wild tigers play in the grasslands at Tiger Canyon Private Game Reserve in South Africa. Paula197802, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-01T12:03:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://akingsthings.com/2024/02/06/definitive-answer-why-insects-are-attracted-to-light/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/c14fb-depositphotos_665595994_l-e1707378692424.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Adult Carpenter Moth</image:title><image:caption>Adult Carpenter Moth of the Subfamily Hypoptinae. Image via Depositphotos</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/c4147-depositphotos_12310328_l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Depositphotos_12310328_L</image:title><image:caption>Insects flying around a street lamp at night. Image via Depositphotos</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/95a66-moths-sam-fabian-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>moths sam fabian 2</image:title><image:caption>Insects become trapped in their orbit around a light source. Image by Samuel Fabian</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/acea8-moths-sam-fabian.jpg</image:loc><image:title>moths sam fabian</image:title><image:caption>Insects orbiting a UV light source. Image by Samuel Fabian</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/91899-depositphotos_161200160_l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Moths flying around purple light bulbs</image:title><image:caption>Moths flying around light bulb. Image via Depositphotos</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-06T11:15:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://akingsthings.com/2024/11/25/sealed-for-decades-animals-found-alive-inside-rocks/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/b3a2c-depositphotos_274114362_l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Daisy flower blooming on a sand desert</image:title><image:caption>Daisy flower blooming on a sand desert. Image via Depositphotos</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cdd9e-depositphotos_70088913_l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Depositphotos_70088913_L</image:title><image:caption>Sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) in the snow. Image via Depositphotos</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/a9910-depositphotos_34425779_l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Depositphotos_34425779_L</image:title><image:caption>A frog's hideout for winter. Image via Depositphotos</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1de15-ashmusbury_devon_byjohnswete.png</image:loc><image:title>AshMusbury_Devon_ByJohnSwete</image:title><image:caption>Watercolor painting of a home in Devon, England. Rev. John Swete (d.1821), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/0cf87-portrait_of_the_reverend_william_buckland_d.d._f.r.s_4672228.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Portrait_of_The_Reverend_William_Buckland,_D.D._F.R.S_(4672228)</image:title><image:caption>William Buckland – English clergyman, geologist and palaeontologist (1784-1856) by Samuel Cousins, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/4d99c-the_national_archives_uk_-_co_1069-214-162.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The_National_Archives_UK_-_CO_1069-214-162</image:title><image:caption>The Government Offices, Uitenhage, South Africa. The National Archives UK, OGL v1.0OGL v1.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/7b8c5-depositphotos_607002570_l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Green frog on a rock</image:title><image:caption>European green frog. Image via Depositphotos</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/f580c-sandstensbrott_i_bergsvik_7189029509.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sandstensbrott_i_Bergsvik_(7189029509)</image:title><image:caption>Photograph of a Sandstone quarry in  Sweden, taken in 1904. Tekniska museet, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/e3d19-depositphotos_292563500_l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Depositphotos_292563500_L</image:title><image:caption>Image via Depositphotos</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/377f9-depositphotos_292563386_l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Depositphotos_292563386_L</image:title><image:caption>A lizard poking its head out of a rock crevice. Image via Depositphotos</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-06T11:14:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://akingsthings.com/2025/01/18/what-are-the-bees-trying-to-tell-us/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/0b750-1280px-kannur_trip_mk_img_9210.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>1280px-Kannur_Trip_MK_IMG_9210</image:title><image:caption>Giant honeybee (Apis dorsata). Manojk, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/afd24-honey_beeapis_dorsatahive.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Honey_Bee(Apis_dorsata)Hive</image:title><image:caption>Giant honeybee hive. Nireekshit, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/c2cda-1280px-apis_dorsata_-_giant_honey_bee_on_tetrameles_nudiflora_on_makuta_virajpet_road_8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1280px-Apis_dorsata_-_Giant_honey_bee_on_Tetrameles_nudiflora_on_Makuta_Virajpet_road_(8)</image:title><image:caption>Giant honeybee hives. Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/df2a7-the_giant_honey_bee_apis_dorsata_e0b4b5e0b4b2e0b4bfe0b4af_e0b4a4e0b587e0b4a8e0b580e0b49ae0b58de0b49a._34891932131.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The_Giant_Honey_Bee_(Apis_dorsata)_വലിയ_തേനീച്ച._(34891932131)</image:title><image:caption>Giant Honey Bee (Apis dorsata). Rison Thumboor from Thrissur, India, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/6b73d-169-5.png</image:loc><image:title>169 (5)</image:title><image:caption>Screenshots from: "Giant honeybees make incredible "shimmering wave"" Source: YouTube, Uploaded: Newsflare</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-06T11:14:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://akingsthings.com/2025/04/13/flamingos-are-totally-hardcore/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/618bb-depositphotos_85837426_l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Depositphotos_85837426_L</image:title><image:caption>Carrots - and carrot juice - can turn you a shade of orange. Image via Depositphotos</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/90617-depositphotos_40982515_l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Depositphotos_40982515_L</image:title><image:caption>Colony of lawn ornaments. Image via Depositphotos</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ea81d-depositphotos_438514364_l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Laguna Hedionda flamingos, Bolivia</image:title><image:caption>Laguna Hedionda flamingos, Bolivia. Image via Depositphotos</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/339ae-depositphotos_216691948_l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Flamingos, Patagonia Argentina</image:title><image:caption>Flamingos, Patagonia Argentina. Image via Depositphotos</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/b7784-flickr_-_rainbirder_-_born_of_fire.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Flickr_-_Rainbirder_-_Born_of_Fire</image:title><image:caption>Situated on a volcanic hotspot on Africa's Great Rift Valley, lonely Lake Bogoria is a caustic cauldron fringed by geysers and populated by over a million flamingoes. Lake Bogoria, Kenya. Steve Garvie from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/38ef4-flamingos_at_lake_natron_tanzania_-_33293778933.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Flamingos_at_Lake_Natron,_Tanzania_-_33293778933</image:title><image:caption>Flamingos at Lake Natron. Christoph Strässler, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/4e0ed-flamencos_andinos_phoenicoparrus_andinus_laguna_hedionda_bolivia_2016-02-03_dd_57.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Flamencos_andinos_(Phoenicoparrus_andinus),_Laguna_Hedionda,_Bolivia,_2016-02-03,_DD_57</image:title><image:caption>Andean flamingos (Phoenicoparrus andinus), Laguna Hedionda, Bolivia. Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/8621f-bird-beaks.png</image:loc><image:title>Bird beaks</image:title><image:caption>Different bird beaks. L. Shyamal, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/d5eb6-depositphotos_190143750_l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Depositphotos_190143750_L</image:title><image:caption>American flamingo close up. Image via Depositphotos</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/fd3c2-depositphotos_32847779_l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Depositphotos_32847779_L</image:title><image:caption>Greater flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus). Image via Depositphotos.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-06T11:14:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://akingsthings.com/2024/08/22/wild-animals-react-to-seeing-themselves-in-mirror/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/f9886-a_red_deer_fawn_looking_at_its_reflection_in_a_r_b9869ad4-fe36-409b-81e0-ecc6c20a180a-e1708347187834.jpg</image:loc><image:title>a_red_deer_fawn_looking_at_its_reflection_in_a_r_b9869ad4-fe36-409b-81e0-ecc6c20a180a</image:title><image:caption>A red deer fawn, the first animal in the pinned video, looking at its reflection in a mirror. Image generated by Amy King using Midjourney</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ce64b-depositphotos_382151276_s.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cute curious bengal kitten looking into the mirror</image:title><image:caption>Little cute curious Bengal kitten looking into the mirror of a wardrobe indoors. Image via Depositphotos</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20838-depositphotos_76534313_s.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Long-tailed monkey gazing in the mirror of moped.</image:title><image:caption>Long-tailed monkey gazing in the mirror of moped. Grey macaques. Image via Depositphotos.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/c0782-mirror_mirror_-_flickr_-_lisa_zins.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mirror,_Mirror_-_Flickr_-_Lisa_Zins</image:title><image:caption>A cat pointing to their reflection. Lisa Zins, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/5d001-bird_and_reflection_automobile_window.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bird_and_reflection,_automobile_window</image:title><image:caption>A Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) fighting against its own reflection visible in an automobile window. Austin Marshall, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/52570-andre-mouton-84oii1wt4zu-unsplash-scaled-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>andre-mouton-84oiI1wT4zU-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>A monkey eyeing itself in small mirror. Image by Andre Mouton via Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1d2ac-depositphotos_94266846_s.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Depositphotos_94266846_S</image:title><image:caption>Baby Bonobo looking at themself in a mirror. Image via Depositphotos.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-06T11:13:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://akingsthings.com/2024/07/24/fascinating-world-of-hybrid-animals/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/60273-leopon_leokichi.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leopon_leokichi</image:title><image:caption>Leopon. TRJN, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/b3f3a-kindred-hues-photography-kslhmzcdixs-unsplash-scaled-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>kindred-hues-photography-kSlhmzcdIXs-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Boston Terrier. Image by Kindred Hues Photography via Unsplash. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/f2891-veronica-white-xjk87s5fb6a-unsplash-scaled-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>veronica-white-xjK87s5Fb6A-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Border collie with their sheep. Image by Veronica White via Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/76dc3-zorse_eclyse_safariland_stukenbrock-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Zorse_Eclyse,_Safariland_Stukenbrock (1)</image:title><image:caption>Zorse. Fährtenleser, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/b7de0-800px-pair_of_blood_parrot_cichlids.jpg</image:loc><image:title>800px-Pair_of_blood_parrot_cichlids</image:title><image:caption>Blood parrot cichlids. Taken by Fanghong, CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, via Wikimedia Commons.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/83255-755px-sheepe28093goat_hybrid_2.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>755px-Sheep–goat_hybrid_2</image:title><image:caption>Geep. Judgefloro, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1f31b-baby_wolphin_by_pinhole.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Baby_wolphin_by_pinhole</image:title><image:caption>Wholphin. Mark Interrante from Silicon Valley, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/60c53-dzo_pair.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dzo_pair</image:title><image:caption>Two dzos. ottmarliebert.com from Santa Fe, Turtle Island, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/e645b-hinny1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hinny1</image:title><image:caption>Hinney. Just chaos, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ce920-beefalo_21884654683.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Beefalo_(21884654683)</image:title><image:caption>Mark Spearman from Newark, Ohio, USA, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-06T11:10:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://akingsthings.com/2024/03/26/mischievous-labrador-just-wants-to-swim/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/d6f47-image-1-1.png</image:loc><image:title>image (1)</image:title><image:caption>Buster the labrador loves the swimming pool. Image by Buster's World via TikTok</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-05T21:38:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://akingsthings.com/2024/07/11/glow-in-the-dark-sharks-other-fascinating-bioluminescent-fish/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/f4f46-169-1.png</image:loc><image:title>169 (1)</image:title><image:caption>Sparks, J. S.; Schelly, R. C.; Smith, W. L.; Davis, M. P.; Tchernov, D.; Pieribone, V. A.; Gruber, D. F., CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/eb5de-504_melanocytes.jpg</image:loc><image:title>504_Melanocytes</image:title><image:caption> Illustration from Anatomy &amp; Physiology, Connexions Website. OpenStax College, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/8b768-adi-nugroho-arirlva1be0-unsplash-scaled-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>adi-nugroho-ArirLVA1BE0-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Outdoors in the sunlight. Image by Adi Nugroho via Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/5171f-ocnms_-_spiny_dogfish_36758926285.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OCNMS_--_Spiny_Dogfish_(36758926285)</image:title><image:caption>Rarely seen deep-sea spiny dogfish shark. National Marine Sanctuaries, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cb052-fish-378286_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fish-378286_1280</image:title><image:caption>Coral Reef. Image by joakant via Pixabay.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/9cfb2-animal-21668_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>animal-21668_1280</image:title><image:caption>Image via Pixabay</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/944a7-antennarius_maculatus_biofluorescence.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Antennarius_maculatus_biofluorescence</image:title><image:caption>Biofluorescence of warty frogfish (Antennarius maculatus). Sparks, J. S.; Schelly, R. C.; Smith, W. L.; Davis, M. P.; Tchernov, D.; Pieribone, V. A.; Gruber, D. F., CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/71a5e-cephaloscyllium_ventriosum_ripley.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cephaloscyllium_ventriosum_ripley</image:title><image:caption>Swell shark (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum) under normal lighting. Ripley’s Aquarium, Canada. City.and.Color, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/97bb1-fluorescent_minerals_hg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fluorescent_minerals_hg</image:title><image:caption>Collection of various fluorescent minerals under ultraviolet UV-A, UV-B and UV-C light.  (Hgrobe 06:16, 26 April 2006 (UTC)) - credit: Hannes Grobe/AWI, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/3f98e-diversity_in_red_fluorescence_in_14_goby_species.jpeg.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Diversity_in_red_fluorescence_in_14_goby_species.jpeg</image:title><image:caption>Diversity in red fluorescence in 14 goby species. Nico K Michiels, Nils Anthes, Nathan S Hart, Jürgen Herler, Alfred J Meixner, Frank Schleifenbaum, Gregor Schulte, Ulrike E Siebeck, Dennis Sprenger and Matthias F Wucherer, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-05T21:34:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://akingsthings.com/2024/04/01/yawns-are-contagious-for-animals-too/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/pexels-rachel-claire-4577559.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pexels-rachel-claire-4577559</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-05T21:30:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://akingsthings.com/2024/01/30/critically-endangered-arabian-leopard-in-oman/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/538ea-abc-small-rca.jpg</image:loc><image:title>abc-small rca</image:title><image:caption>Image by The Royal Commission for AlUla.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/21598-dsc_5161-small-rca.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dsc_5161-small rca</image:title><image:caption>Image by The Royal Commission for AlUla.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/953aa-aaaaaaaa-rca.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aaaaaaaa rca</image:title><image:caption>Image by The Royal Commission for AlUla.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/5c77f-1280px-pikiwiki_israel_14861_judean_desert_leopard.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1280px-PikiWiki_Israel_14861_judean_desert_leopard</image:title><image:caption>Arabian leopard, "desert leopard." Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/5cef7-arabian-leopard-wiki.png</image:loc><image:title>arabian leopard wiki</image:title><image:caption>Panthera pardus nimr. Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/c4d1a-arabian-leopard.png</image:loc><image:title>arabian leopard</image:title><image:caption>Arabian Leopard. Footage captured by the Expedition with Steve Backshall team. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-05T21:28:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://akingsthings.com/2024/02/01/bald-eagle-lays-eggs-in-time-for-freedom-day/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/4ae49-ray-hennessy-oje4rtaibfc-unsplash-scaled-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ray-hennessy-OjE4RtaibFc-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Ray Hennessy on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/26fe3-sue-tucker-kbspv3oqeam-unsplash-scaled-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sue-tucker-KbSPV3OQEaM-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Sue Tucker on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/423cf-great_seal_of_the_united_states_obverse.svg_.png</image:loc><image:title>Great_Seal_of_the_United_States_(obverse).svg</image:title><image:caption>Great Seal of the United States (obverse). Image by U.S. Government on Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-05T14:20:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://akingsthings.com/2025/02/28/watch-first-oscar-winning-cartoon-was-about-a-wildfire/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/bb17c-walt_disney_and_his_cartoon_creation__mickey_mouse__-_national_board_of_review_magazine.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Walt_Disney_and_his_cartoon_creation__Mickey_Mouse__-_National_Board_of_Review_Magazine</image:title><image:caption>Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse. National Board of Review Magazine, October 1931. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/24e9d-forest-fire-1261752_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>forest-fire-1261752_1280</image:title><image:caption>Forest fire. Image by Jackie Burton via Pixabay</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/7c275-deerfire.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Deerfire</image:title><image:caption>A blazing wildfire. John McColgan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/c11e4-wildfire.png</image:loc><image:title>Flowers and Trees wildfire</image:title><image:caption>Frame from the Flowers and Trees 1932 animation. Image via The Public Domain on YouTube</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-05T13:53:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://akingsthings.com/2024/12/04/45-of-the-newest-animal-species-discovered-in-2024/</loc><lastmod>2025-08-05T13:18:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://akingsthings.com/2024/06/30/nuclear-tech-to-combat-poaching-radioactive-rhino-horns/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/0ee27-image-17.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/b6733-image-16.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ea9a2-image-15.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2420a-image-14.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/c3158-image-13.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/4712f-image-12.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/9e010-image-55.png</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/b425d-image-54.png</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/c4366-image-53.png</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/533e8-image-52.png</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-05T13:11:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://akingsthings.com/2024/05/13/surrounded-by-cats-in-seconds/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ebdd2-cat-island.png</image:loc><image:title>cat island</image:title><image:caption>"Cat Island" in Turkey. 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Stray Paws Clips via YouTube</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/a805c-depositphotos_243386068_l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Little kittens are played at the mom's on granite stairs in the mosque</image:title><image:caption>Kittens huddled together. Image via Depositphotos</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/54d41-depositphotos_301514504_xl-scaled-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Depositphotos_301514504_XL</image:title><image:caption>Cat guarding an old door in Istanbul, Turkey. Image via Depositphotos</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/a131d-tom-prejeant-m-1szhvh9wa-unsplash-scaled-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tom-prejeant-m-1SzHVH9WA-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>A cat nap on top of a car. Istanbul, Turkey. Image by Tom PREJEANT via Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-05T12:58:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://akingsthings.com/2024/04/10/nyala-outsmarts-lioness-in-epic-move/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/45145-nyala_tragelaphus_angasii_male_._32367257567.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nyala_(Tragelaphus_angasii)_male_..._(32367257567)</image:title><image:caption>Nyala male. iSimangaliso Wetland Park, St Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/072e9-nyalas_tragelaphus_angasii_male_._52777169703.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nyalas_(Tragelaphus_angasii)_male_..._(52777169703)</image:title><image:caption>Nyala male. Pafuri Area, Kruger NP, Limpopo, South Africa. Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/57be3-depositphotos_413400112_s.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Depositphotos_413400112_S</image:title><image:caption>Lioness running through a savanna full of colorful flowers on a foggy morning. Image via Depositphotos</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/e5034-image-6-1.png</image:loc><image:title>image (6)</image:title><image:caption>Image by @the_knowledge_factory via Instagram</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/4aec7-image-5-1.png</image:loc><image:title>image (5)</image:title><image:caption>Nyala vs Lion. Image by @the_knowledge_factory via Instagram</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/e9660-image-4-1.png</image:loc><image:title>image (4)</image:title><image:caption>Image by @the_knowledge_factory via Instagram</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/d5858-image-3-1.png</image:loc><image:title>image (3)</image:title><image:caption>Image by @the_knowledge_factory via Instagram</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/4a32a-image-2-1.png</image:loc><image:title>image (2)</image:title><image:caption>Image by @the_knowledge_factory via Instagram</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/c5df1-image-1-1.png</image:loc><image:title>image (1)</image:title><image:caption>Image by @the_knowledge_factory via Instagram</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-05T12:55:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://akingsthings.com/2024/02/11/can-animals-be-brought-back-from-extinction/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/15947-endangered_black-footed_ferret.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Endangered_Black-Footed_Ferret</image:title><image:caption>black-footed ferret. Image by Kimberly Fraser / USFWS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/90234-atlantic_horseshoe_crab_limulus_polyphemus_6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Atlantic_horseshoe_crab_(Limulus_polyphemus)_(6)</image:title><image:caption>Horseshoe crab. Image Credit: domdomegg; Wikimedia Commons.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/9d756-april-pethybridge-jmagge6mdea-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>april-pethybridge-jmAGGE6MDeA-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Woolly mammoths representation. Image by April Pethybridge via Unsplash.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/91fed-glen-carrie-_kfiiy0eyq4-unsplash-scaled-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>White rhino</image:title><image:caption>Image by Glen Carrie via Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/8d2a6-depositphotos_25496823_xl-scaled-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Colorful tablets with capsules and pills on blue background</image:title><image:caption>An application of de-extinction tech. Image Credit: Motorolka; Depositphotos</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2f4d9-canis_lupus_ernstbrunn-scaled-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Canis_lupus_Ernstbrunn</image:title><image:caption>Gray wolf. Mariofan13, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/7d2b2-david-clode-zsaljqycy8m-unsplash-scaled-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>david-clode-zsalJqyCY8M-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Black rhinos (Diceros bicornis) are critically endangered. Image by David Clode via Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/f2ca3-quagga_in_enclosure.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Quagga_in_enclosure</image:title><image:caption>Quagga in enclosure. Frederick York (d. 1903), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/f2d32-depositphotos_orlaimagen.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tyrannosaurus Rex in the jungle</image:title><image:caption>Illustration of Tyrannosaurus Rex in the jungle. Image by Orlaimagen via Depositphotos</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cc142-woolly_mammoth_mammuthus_primigenius_-_mauricio_anton.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Woolly_mammoth_(Mammuthus_primigenius)_-_Mauricio_Antón</image:title><image:caption>Woolly mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius) in a late Pleistocene landscape in northern Spain. (Information according to the caption of the same image in Alan Turner (2004) National Geographic Prehistoric Mammals, Washington, D.C. Mauricio Antón, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-05T12:37:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://akingsthings.com/2024/03/11/cats-try-catnip-for-the-first-time/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/44f2e-depositphotos_223857118_l-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cat and Nepeta cataria</image:title><image:caption>Cat enjoying dried catnip on their scratching post. Image via Depositphotos</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/34a2b-black_cat_rolling_in_catnip_white_background_s_8bdfb1f7-24e6-44b2-a139-1c4c8ecbbfdc.png</image:loc><image:title>black_cat_rolling_in_catnip_white_background_s_8bdfb1f7-24e6-44b2-a139-1c4c8ecbbfdc</image:title><image:caption>Black cat rolling in catnip. Image generated by Amy using Midjourney</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/fcf6c-depositphotos_437800950_l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fluffy grey cat sniffing dried catnip, catwort or catmint.Herbs for cats</image:title><image:caption>Persian cat sniffing dried catnip. Image via Depositphotos.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/b4859-depositphotos_223857118_l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cat licking cat nip</image:title><image:caption>Cat licks catnip. Image via Depositphotos</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/925c8-depositphotos_483225158_l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tabby white cat smelling blossoming catnip plant outdoors</image:title><image:caption>Tabby white cat smelling a blossoming catnip plant (Nepeta nepetella). Image via Depositphotos.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/22257-depositphotos_120107726_l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Depositphotos_120107726_L</image:title><image:caption>Catnip (Nepeta cataria) is a member of the mint family. Image via Depositphotos</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-05T12:33:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://akingsthings.com/contact/</loc><lastmod>2025-08-02T07:28:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://akingsthings.com/2024/03/05/watch-alarming-trend-of-bears-on-train-tracks/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/84697-depositphotos_79032518_s.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Brown bear</image:title><image:caption>Big bear in the forest. Image by VolodymyrBur via Depositphotos</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/613fe-depositphotos_417211116_s.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bear hidden in yellow forest.</image:title><image:caption>Bear in yellow forest. Image by OndrejProsicky via Depositphotos</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/52c68-grizzly_bear_standing_on_railway__040b3103-7fc1-4eff-9b94-8c79c3c20100.png</image:loc><image:title>grizzly_bear_standing_on_railway__040b3103-7fc1-4eff-9b94-8c79c3c20100</image:title><image:caption>Image generated by Amy King using Midjourney</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/16e83-depositphotos_386511378_s.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Grizzly bear in long grass</image:title><image:caption>Grizzly Bear in Banff. Image by jill@ghostbear.org via Depositphotos.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/751ed-janko-ferlic-yps9j3uzqlk-unsplash-scaled-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>janko-ferlic-ypS9j3UzqLk-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Image by 🇸🇮 Janko Ferlič via Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-08-01T07:25:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://akingsthings.com/2024/01/15/newly-discovered-jaguar-in-arizona/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/f56f8-standing_jaguar.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Standing_jaguar</image:title><image:caption>Jaguar close to trees. Image via USFWS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/d54ec-640px-jaguar_head_shot-edit2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Image Credit: Cburnett; Wikimedia Commons</image:title><image:caption>Cburnett at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/b48e8-pexels-audrey-walsh-7332606-scaled-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pexels-audrey-walsh-7332606</image:title><image:caption>Image Credit: Audrey Walsh; Pexels</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/3960c-pexels-benni-fish-17528288-scaled-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pexels-benni-fish-17528288</image:title><image:caption>Image Credit: Benni Fish; Pexels</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/f3789-pexels-oleksandr-p-12861716-scaled-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pexels-oleksandr-p-12861716</image:title><image:caption>Image Credit: Oleksandr P; Pexels</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/c2313-pexels-molnar-tamas-photographye284a2-18582157-scaled-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pexels-molnár-tamás-photography™-18582157</image:title><image:caption>Image Credit: Molnár Tamás Photography™</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://akingsthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/7ca27-depositphotos_376399026_l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jaguar walking on a river bank</image:title><image:caption>Close up of a Jaguar walking on a river bank, South Pantanal, Brazil. 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