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They have no eyes or ears, but they’re an important feature for healthy gardens the world over. This week, we’re digging up the dirt about earthworms. * “Lumbricus terrestris,” or the common earthworm ...

Have you ever walked through a soybean field at harvest and wondered about the small mounds of leaves you see scattered about on the ground? Chances are those mounded leaves were gathered as a winter ...

At your local bait shop, night crawlers — the iconic, catch-everything-with-fins live bait — sell for as little as $3 a dozen. The slippery earthworms typically come in small Styrofoam containers and ...

Volcanic soil is toxic in just about every way. But these worms have remarkably homogenous DNA.

Earthworms are vital for soil health, enriching and aerating earth while breaking down organic matter. With 6,000 species globally, they play crucial roles in ecosystems, though some invasive species ...

Earthworms may release a significant amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, some past studies have concluded, but new research suggests these dirt-eaters may offset their carbon footprint by ...

The Climate Shift Index (CSI), Climate Central’s daily temperature attribution system, applies the latest peer-reviewed methodology to map the influence of climate change on temperatures across the ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — University at Buffalo earthworm expert Nick Henshue says Amynthas, invasive "jumping" earthworms with destructive potential, are appearing in the WNY area. The earthworms live ...

If humans are ever going to colonize Mars – which we will, if NASA and Elon Musk have their way – then we need to make sure we can grow food locally. Now a team from Wageningen University & Research ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qro_Gn7Gdg Were Charles Darwin alive today, you might find him in the southeastern United States, eating hush puppies and getting his ...