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Researchers in Vietnam announced Friday that they have caught a Vietnamese Pond turtle, one of the world's most endangered turtles, in Quang Nam province. This marks the first time in 65 years that researchers have caught one of these turtles in the wild. The World Conservation Union has classified The Vietnamese Pond turtle as "endangered" and conservationists say it is also on a list of the world's top 25 endangered turtle species.

DEFINITION: (noun) A grid or pattern placed in the eyepiece of an optical instrument, used to establish scale or position. SYNONYMS: graticule, reticule. USAGE: Looking through the microscope's eyepiece, he was able to establish the size of the molecule with the help of a reticle.

Whitney was the American inventor of the cotton gin, a mechanical device that removed the seeds from cotton. His invention, which had immense economic and social effects, brought great wealth to many others, but little to Whitney himself. In 1798, he built a firearms factory that utilized methods comparable to those of modern mass industrial production. His products were some of the first to have standardized, interchangeable parts. Where is the Eli Whitney Museum located?

The Immaculate Conception is often confused with the Virgin Birth of Jesus, though the two doctrines deal with separate subjects. The Immaculate Conception asserts that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was not afflicted by the privation of sanctifying grace which afflicts mankind, but was instead filled with grace by God, and furthermore lived a life completely free from sin. The Virgin Birth, on the other hand, asserts what about the conception of Jesus?

Susa was an ancient city of the Elamite, Persian, and Parthian empires, located about 15 miles SW of modern Dizful, Iran. Excavations at Susa have uncovered the stele of Naram-sin and the code of Hammurabi. Destroyed in the 7th century BCE by Assurbanipal, Susa was revived in the empire of the Achaemenid rulers of Persia. An unusual tomb found in the area that is marked by a white, stone cone is believed to belong to what Biblical figure?