SAN DIEGO - A makeshift cultivation system constructed with solar panels and a water irrigation system at a transient camp in La Jolla could be part of a marijuana-growing operation, police said Wednesday.
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Nurture kids’ curiosity about world of nature 
You don’t have to be a scientist. And you don’t have to bury yourself in books or spend hours on the Internet to feed your child’s curiosity about the natural world. So what should you do to encourage your budding naturalist? …
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Zoo uses hands-off policy with tiger cubs 
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Coastal Post News - Scientists from around the world are meeting Thursday and Friday in Atlanta to organize a worldwide effort to stem the deaths by asking zoos, aquariums and botanical gardens to take in threatened frogs until the fungus can be stopped. The aim of the
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Ben Franklin Technology Partners will invest $457,400 in six startup companies, including two in Bethlehem.

L.A. Zoo to retire elephant to animal sanctuary 
Animal rights activists praise decision on Ruby, which ends months of speculation on her fate. The Los Angeles Zoo is expected to announce today that it is retiring its female African elephant, Ruby, to an animal sanctuary in Central California.