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Sunday, April 27, 2014

Well: A Stroke You Must Have

It’s never too late to learn how to swim, a crucial skill, as more than 70 percent of the drowning victims in the United States each year are adults.

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A variety of California kingsnake is wreaking havoc in Canary Islands

An albino variety of the snake, popular in the pet trade, is decimating native bird, mammal and lizard species that have had no time to evolve evasive patterns.

An albino variety of California kingsnake popular in the pet trade has infested the Canary Islands, decimating native bird, mammal and lizard species that have had no time to evolve evasive patterns in what was once a stable ecology northwest of Africa.

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Saturday, April 26, 2014

Exotic species are settling in at L.A. Zoo's new rainforest exhibit

The $19-million Rainforest of the Americas exhibit is designed to boost visitor numbers, revenue and international cooperation on behalf of endangered species.

The Los Angeles Zoo's new Rainforest of the Americas exhibit doesn't open until Tuesday, but it is already filled with commotion.

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Friday, April 25, 2014

Science teacher suspended over 'dangerous' projects returns to classroom

After many rally behind Greg Schiller, suspended over students' science projects, he resumes teaching, still could be disciplined.

A Los Angeles high school science teacher returned to the classroom Friday two months after being suspended over concerns that two students had assembled "dangerous" science projects under his supervision.

via L.A. Times - Science http://ift.tt/1hz3zCJ