Scorpion Tech!

300 Million year old sea scorpions may have used the shells of the dead as crude breathing aids while venturing onto land. Clearly, only the Permian-Triassic extinction saved the world from domination by Scorpio Sapiens. (Link via bbaugh's twitter feed to his facebook.)

A new front on the Squirrel Wars?

Spokane Parks blowing up squirrels. Nuking from orbit is the only way to be sure, though.