Giant earthworms that can grow to be as long as three feet are responsible for strange mounds of soil found in the wetlands of Venezuela and Colombia, scientists report in the journal PLOS ONE. The ...

Earthworms are the engineers behind the 75,000 km2, densely packed, regularly spaced, and mound-patterned landscapes, called surales, in the South American seasonal tropical wetlands, according to a ...

Two living specimens of the fabled giant Palouse earthworm have been captured for the first time in two decades in what represents a significant discovery of a creature that has achieved a mythic ...

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 ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) 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 ...

Mysterious spectacular mounds found in the earth in tropical wetlands in South America are created by earthworms, researchers have found. The densely packed, regularly spaced mounds cover large areas ...

BHUBANESWAR: Researchers of Central University of Odisha (CUO) at Koraput in collaboration with scientists of Mahatma Gandhi University at Kerala have found two new species of Megascolex earthworms in ...

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Cover crops are lauded for their ability to recharge the soil. The most well-known benefit of using a cover crop—often a legume planted off-season—is in lending more nitrogen to the soil. And that’s ...

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 ...

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