Earthworms play a critical role in recycling organic nutrients in ecosystems. Researchers fear that without identifying all these species, they could be lost before we know they exist. More than ...

Writing in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, researchers documented the presence of scores of nonnative earthworm species across the continent, calling them a “serious threat” to ...

It is countrywide, although there are native earthworm species in other parts of the country not affected by glaciers. Cats, cars, windows, climate — of all the things birds must contend with ...

He also zooms into the Western New York region and one type of earthworm in particular — the jumping worm — which was first spotted in the area around five years ago and has been especially damaging ...

All earthworms are considered ecosystem engineers ... In areas where these worms are heavily infested, other species may start to decline. This includes native plants, soil invertebrates ...

Earthworms are a common species found everywhere— including in ... “It goes up to the surface and starts breaking down all this organic matter," Ford said. "If it can, it'll try to break ...