Following a heavy rain, there are often some noticeable changes to your surroundings, whether it's a peculiar smell in the air or a change in temperature. In some cases, in addition to dodging puddles ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hawaii has no native earthworms, but they have spread throughout the forest in Hawaii. Research shows more worms where pigs are present, indicating that they benefit each other with the combination ...