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OSWEGO One of New York state’s newest tourism websites, www.discoverupstateny.com, was recently recognized at the New York State Tourism Industry Association awards ceremony on May 6 for keeping tourism alive by alerting, updating and advising visitors about restrictions of the pandemic, from its lockdown to reopening.
Discover Upstate NY received the Award of Excellence in Overall Tourism Marketing by a Private Sector Entity. The website features more than 2,900 attractions including hundreds of restaurants, hotels, tourism attractions and historical sites, and focuses on family fun and adventure tourism throughout the cities and regions of Upstate NY, west of the Hudson River.
Researcher Angie Macias described infected cicadas as salt shakers of death in 2013.
A bizarre fungal infection turns periodical cicadas into flying zombies.
(Image credit: Courtesy of Brian Lovett)
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Brood X cicadas want to do is mate and die in peace is that so much to ask? Unfortunately, a number of the now-emerging cicadas may instead find themselves the victims of a zombifying fungus that transforms their butts into spore-shedding fungal gardens.
For the past 17 years, while Brood X cicada nymphs sipped tree-root sap underground, a deadly enemy was lying in wait near those very same trees.
Massospora cicadina is a fungus that targets periodical cicadas in the genus
NY State Museum Unlocks Its Doors & Opens Again
The New York State Museum along with the Library and Archives have finally reopened after being closed for more than one year. That doesn t mean that the staff hasn t been working hard. They have been preparing for the reopening all along. It was nice to see lines, and crowds outside of the museum doors on Monday excited to visit the exhibits inside.
There are several interesting exhibits inside the New York State Museum including the 9-11 exhibit with the actual fire truck from ground zero, the Mastadon, Adirondack Wilderness, Minerals of New York, Birds of New York, Sesame Street, and more. To see the floor plan and the exhibits that are open click HERE.