The worms can jump as much as a foot off the ground. They also can make the soil inhospitable for native plants and insects.

MINNEAPOLIS – Last week, the National Weather Service issued a "worm warning" in southern Minnesota. The warning was in jest – simply a heads up that residents may see more worms than normal due to ...

You probably don't think too much about the wriggly worms that live beneath the ground, but some scientists in Northern ...

Creepy-crawly has an official definition. It’s a noun to describe a small insect, usually flightless, that gives you a feeling of fear or dislike. Spider’s definitely come to mind (especially for me).

A crew of tiny worms will be heading on a mission to the International Space Station in 2026 that will help scientists ...

Michigan gardeners are being urged to prevent the spread of these invasive jumping worms, which can flip themselves a foot ...

In the spring of 2021, Natalie Mastick, a graduate student in the University of Washington’s School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, dissected filets from nearly 200 cans of salmon, some of which were ...

Entire jumping worm (Metaphire hilgendorfi), including flat, milky clitellum near head (closer to bottom of photo) (Photo courtesy of Holly Greiner-Hallman, Oakland University.) Jumping worms look ...

Classified as a nematode, the roundworm caenorhabditis elegans (or c. elegans to its friends) might seem like just another tiny thing to someone who’s not looking at the current research around AI and ...