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 ...

Worms are some of the key helpers of the soil. Learn about the basics of healthy soil growth, and how to add nutrients to soil to promote healthy microorganisms, bacteria, and fungi growth while ...

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.

Early November found me digging my dahlias for winter storage. Finding handfuls of earthworms in the moist soil clinging to the tubers made me realize that I wasn’t the only one working in the garden ...

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

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 ...

According to the Colorado Department of Agriculture, Asian jumping worms are red-to-brown colored and can grow up to 6 inches ...

As you tend to your garden this summer, there's a creepy, crawly creature to be on the lookout for: an invasive worm that moves like a snake, thrashes around, jumps into the air and will even shed its ...