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Praying mantises with their angular features, huge eyes and centaur posture often seem a bit alien. But researchers have recently found one mantis species that takes this otherworldly quality to the next level: Females of this species have an inflatable pheromone gland that protrudes from the back of the abdomen like a green, Y-shaped balloon.
This odd organ is unlike anything seen in mantises before, researchers report online April 21 in the
Journal of Orthoptera Research.
In October 2017, herpetologist Frank Glaw was moving through the nighttime rainforest in Amazonian Peru at the Panguana research station, searching for amphibians and reptiles. His flashlight passed over a brown, leaf-mimicking mantis (
3 eaglet eggs hatch at Mentor Marsh nest (photos) Mentor Marsh (Source: Google Maps) By Chris Anderson | April 25, 2021 at 10:01 AM EDT - Updated April 25 at 10:01 AM
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The Mentor Marsh is home to three newborn baby bald eagles.
Three eaglets hatched from their eggs recently at the Mentor Marsh’s bald eagle nest, putting the “icing on the cake to end this Earth Week.”
What a treat! To have THREE eaglets in the Mentor Marsh Bald Eagle nest is icing on the cake to end this Earth Week!.Posted by Mentor Marsh on Saturday, April 24, 2021
Bald eagles were once classified as an endangered species, but because of decades-long efforts, the birds are no longer named on the federal endangered species list.
Top 10 Significant First Fossils
These could be considered as the most important fossil discoveries in paleontology because they all are theorized by scientists to represent the first appearance of that particular kind of organism on Earth. Regardless of all the theories and scientific value these great discoveries represent and the vast amount of knowledge they have ultimately led to, they are simply a truly fascinating subject to study and are sure to spark the imaginations of many.
10 First Bird
Archaeopteryx lithographica is theorized by paleontologists to be a transitional fossil, or “missing link,” between dinosaurs and modern birds, thus making it the first bird. The fossil was discovered in Germany in 1860 and with its combination of feathers and reptilian features had long been considered the first true bird.
Move over, Smokey Bear – the Ohio State Fairgrounds could soon be home to another, more historic icon.
A life-size sculpture of a prehistoric fish is planned for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources natural history area at the fairgrounds in Columbus.
The state’s Legislative Service Commission described Dunkleosteus terrelli as “an extinct species of arthrodire placoderm fish (armored, jawed fish) that lived in the seas that covered parts of Ohio during the Late Devonian period, about 359 million to 382 million years ago.”
It was the “largest aquatic predator of its time,” growing up to 20 feet long and weighing a ton, according to LSC.