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A unique type of worm that can live inside glaciers may be threatened due to the rapid glacier melt occurring worldwide. According to Earth, these ice worms possess a unique chemical energy that ...

The melting Arctic icecap means a loss of habitat for many Northern animals, most famously, polar bears. Less famously, ice worms. These mysterious little creatures live on glaciers and thrive at the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Armed with a sophisticated ice borer, professor Daniel Shain went hunting on Byron Glacier for a scientific treasure -- the tiny, fragile ice worm. "We know there are millions of ...

First discovered for science in 1887 by glacial geologist and theologian George Frederick Wright, ice worms have eluded careful study for more than a century. The tiny creatures - less than 1 inch ...

TRENTON, N.J. -- Normally fodder for anglers and early birds, worms are now getting attention at NASA -- particularly a little-known species that lives in freezing temperatures and can survive two ...