New study seeks to understand how ‘ice worms’ travel from Alaska to Vancouver Island

By Joel Barde
Postdoctoral researcher Scott Hotaling thinks it must be the birds

While most people associate worms with the earthworms found in backyard gardens, the animal’s distant cousin can also thrive in much cooler environments. Ice worms can be found on glaciers from Oregon to Alaska—but the species really thrives on the coastal glaciers of British Columbia.…

Source:: New study seeks to understand how ‘ice worms’ travel from Alaska to Vancouver Island

• Whistler News

June 28, 2019

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