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An image of an insect with black body and red head was posted last week by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. It has been reported that the insect was seen in Garner State Park in Texas Hill Country. The department said with the post, "Check out this Texas-sized centipede. It's called a Texas Redhead and is known to prey on lizards and toads".

People reacted a lot after seeing the bug. Someone wrote on Twitter that if it was a toy broom. The department wrote in reply, "Full size broom".

According to Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine, the huge redheaded centipede (Scolopendra heros) can have a length of up to 8 inches in the wild. As per reports, it can grow even larger when it's in captivity. The insect hunts snakes, rodents, lizards and toads.

The National Park Service is looking forward to keep a superintendent and staff at a Lake Erie island landmark monument. According to Ohio Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, the Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial on South Bass Island will continue to be a separate unit of the park system.

As per reports, the park service wanted to combine the staff managing the Perry's monument site and the River Raisin National Battlefield Park in southeast Michigan.

The monument located in Ohio was made in memory of a big victory in the War of 1812. As per reports, during the battle, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry captured a British fleet. During the war, he commanded "Don't Give Up the Ship".

According to a release from the American Museum of Natural History, the saber-tooth tigers' teeth took time to completely come out and the teeth were not completely present until the predator was three years old. The findings have been published in the journal Plos One.

Researchers reach conclusions on the basis of a technique that takes into account both isotopic analysis and x-ray imaging together and offers new information regarding the prehistoric Smilodon fatalis. Approximately 10,000 years ago, the tiger, Smilodon fatalis went extinct and is thought to be nearly the size of a modern tiger or lion, however heavier.

They inhabited North and South America. And according to the release, their canines that are their most eminent feature could grow to reach nearly 7 inches.

A significant decline has come in the population of the Blanding's turtle. Earlier, this species was commonly found in the upper Midwest. But now, its number has declined alarmingly and is now found in Minnesota and Nebraska. Its condition has led the federal government consider whether to add the turtle to the endangered species list.

There was a time when Blanding's turtle used to thrive in the Great Lakes region and the Upper Midwest. But now, it is found only in Minnesota and Nebraska. The federal government has agreed to review whether the species should be placed in the endangered species list.

In a noteworthy effort, the state of Maine has picked up an efficient way of saving the environment from the intrusion of insidious elements. Maine has turned to crowd-sourcing for gathering data about the invasive plants that causing mayhem to its natural areas.

The state has chronicled these intimidating encroachers through the website, 'iMapInvasive' which launched a year ago, allowing the residents to post photos of invasive plants that they encounter on public or private land. Currently, the users access the map through their web browser and submit their location via points on a map.

Hardly would have Chrissie Frickman imagined that her family excursion to celebrate her wedding anniversary would end up in such a fiasco. Chrissie broke her ankle when a dolphin jumped onto her family's boat in southern California.

Chrissie Frickman was accompanied by her husband Dirk and their two children on the boat, cruising off Dana Point Harbor on June 21. A pod of passing by dolphins, proved harmful when suddenly one of them leaped onto the boat, landing on top of Mrs Frickman.

Dirk got into action at once and pulled Chrissie out from beneath the panicking dolphin. Dirk told the Orange County Register, "It hit my wife and knocked her over, and punched my daughter. I had this 350lb dolphin in my boat. There was no way to get it off".