PARK RAPIDS, Minn. (AP) -- The lowly earthworm is causing trouble in Minnesota forests. Sure, gardeners love them. But the worms eat the leaves that litter the forest floor, causing disturbances in ...

Earthworms have long been associated with healthy, productive soils. In his 1881 book entitled. "The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms," the great biologist Charles Darwin ...

Soil might look like dirt, but it’s actually a bustling underground city, and earthworms are the VIPs everyone wants at the party. These wriggly, glossy engineers don’t just wiggle around for fun—they ...

Renowned for a thriving and intricately studied population of around 900 red deer, the Isle of Rum, part of Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, is often considered an outdoor laboratory for scientific research ...

PALOUSE, Wash. — Pity the poor robin that latches onto one of these worms. A yard long and as big around as a man's pinkie finger, the giant Palouse earthworm is albino-pale, can burrow 15 feet deep ...

At least 16 species of earthworms are now found in Vermont and elsewhere in New England. All are exotic and many are invasive. As they spread, they devour organic matter, disrupting forests and ...

When a gardener is working with soil, they are usually delighted to find earthworms — and there is good reason for that. Earthworms convert dead and decaying matter into rich soil. As they tunnel ...

The brown squirming critter I uncovered in the mulch sure looked and wriggled like a giant earthworm, but it wasn’t It was a snake, called a worm snake because it looks so much like an earthworm with ...

We talked to a horticulturalist about how to attract earthworms and keep them happy. Tom Oder is a writer, editor, and communication expert who specializes in sustainability and the environment with a ...