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 ...

Earthworms may be good for your garden, but they also have the potential to disrupt forest ecosystems across much of North ...

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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 ...

Vermicomposting earthworms help turn manure into organic fertilizer, representing a potential tool against antibiotic ...

Scientists have found that earthworms help produce as much grain as Russia does. These invertebrates, which live in the soil, provide 6.5% of the world's grain harvest. The corresponding study was ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...