Worms
INDIANAPOLIS - The yellow-green streaks of fireflies that bring a magical air to summer nights, inspire camp songs and often end up in jars in children's bedrooms may be flickering out in the nation's backyards as suburban sprawl encroaches on their habitats.
WASHINGTON - New research shows that levels of plankton in the world's oceans are declining sharply.
SPOKANE, Wash. - The giant Palouse earthworm isn't that big, doesn't spit and doesn't smell like lilies, and now a federal court has decided it is not time to grant the worm endangered species protection.
SAN FRANCISCO - The wild parrots that call San Francisco home have become a given of city life, squawking their way to their favorite spots, delighting tourists.
SPOKANE, Wash. - Two living specimens of the fabled giant Palouse earthworm have been captured for the first time in two decades in what represents a significant discovery of a creature that has achieved a mythic status in the area.
