Worrying invasive snail found in Lake Michigan

Friday, August 15, 2008 - 06:49 in Earth & Climate

(AP) -- Scientists worry that a rapidly reproducing, tiny invasive snail recently found in Lake Michigan could hurt the lake's ecosystem. The New Zealand mud snail joins a long and growing list of nonnative species moving into the Great Lakes, threatening to disrupt the food chain and change the local environment.

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