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The following care2.com article was written by Crystal Shepeard and posted July 13. 2014 with the title above: Lauren Arrington was in the process of trying to figure out her sixth grade science project when she noticed a lionfish while fishing in the Loxahatchee River in south Florida. Lionfish had been spotted in Florida as early as 2010 and have since spread to many of its waters. Surprised to find it, the 12-year-old wanted to see...

The following is a ScienceDaily.com Featured Research article, dated July 10 and with the title above: The vegetable oil found in your popcorn or soap might not be ape friendly, and the situation appears likely to get even worse, according to an analysis in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on July 10. The growing demand for vegetable oil has already led to the conversion of Southeast Asian forest into oil palm plantations,...

According to a USGS news article, “Monitoring wildlife in the Arctic is difficult. Study areas are cold, barren, and often inaccessible. For decades, scientists have struggled to study animals, like polar bears, which live in these remote areas. Now researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey have begun testing a new, yet counterintuitive solution – rather then get close to the animals, monitor them from afar. Scientists...