15-08-05 Scientists have discovered how earthworms can digest plant material, such as fallen leaves, that would defeat most other herbivores. Earthworms are responsible for returning the carbon locked inside dead plant material back into the ground. They dra...

13-09-21 Earthworms are a welcomed sight in many gardens and yards since they can improve soil structure and mixing. But they are hard to find in the drier soils of eastern Colorado where water and organic matter is limited. Adding earthworms to fields where...

12-08-17 Earthworms（蚯蚓） could be used to extract toxic heavy metals, including cadmium and lead, from solid waste from domestic refuse collection and waste from vegetable and flower markets, according to researchers writing in the International Journal o...

12-07-26 Scientists have discovered a thriving population of Mediterranean earthworms（蚯蚓） in an urban farm in Dublin, Ireland. The findings by University College Dublin scientists published in the journal Biology Letters suggest that rising soil temperat...