News Stories on Creepy, Crawly Science
Scientists Focus on Tiny Ice Worms (ABC News)
A tiny worm that lives in glaciers and snowfields is attracting attention for what it could reveal about life on other planets.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=1646946
Bat Evolution Linked to Warming (BBC News)
Researchers report that a sharp increase in global temperatures 50 million years ago may have been responsible for the evolution of bats.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4213495.stm
Giant African Snails Targeted for Roundup (NSTA)
Science teachers are urged to turn in a popular African land snail that is illegal in the continental United States.
http://www.nsta.org/main/news/stories/education_story.php?news_story_ID=49377