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 ...

Summer 2023 Kid’s Camp Earth, Rain, Wind, Fire and Health included sessions on one of earth’s amazing creatures, the earth worm. Lumbricus terrestris is the scientific name for the common earthworm.

If you think fall is just about pumpkin spice and cozy sweaters, think again—beneath the fallen leaves and chilly air, an underground workforce is hustling harder than ever. While most creatures slow ...

I’m no longer able to find an earthworm in my garden, whereas before, they were innumerable. What happened to them? Is there a method for how to increase earthworm population in soil? Where Did My ...

Invasive earthworms are changing the makeup of soil in Canada's boreal forests, new University of Alberta research shows. The study is one of the first to highlight how non-native earthworms are ...

Invasive jumping worms destroy forests by eating leaf litter. Learn how backyard composting spreads them and how to stop it ...

Most gardeners know that earthworms help keep soils healthy, now scientists have assessed just how important their underground activities are to global food production—and how to protect them. In ...

Worms are a bit creepy for many people and even more so when we learn a species is invasive and harmful in the garden. The damage the bad-guy worms cause is why it's a good idea to get to know worm ...

Earthworms may be helpful in a compost heap or in the soil of a vegetable garden. But they are a destructive force in Minnesota’s hardwood forests – chomping up entire layers of the forest floor and ...