(Beyond Pesticides, September 18, 2025) Published in Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, a study of earthworms (Eisenia fetida) evaluates the toxicity of environmentally relevant levels of ...

DULUTH, Minn.-Invasive earthworms from Europe that came over with early settlers and have been moving across North America ever since are causing sugar maple trees to decline in northern Minnesota ...

In 2011, we published a story that non-native earthworms were a threat to the US as they were releasing more carbon into the atmosphere. Now a new Dutch/US study has revealed that it’s not just ...

Earthworms are fundamental to the delivery of a range of soil ecosystem services such as nutrient cycling and water management, which in turn affects crop development and yield. In fact, one study ...

It is widely acknowledged that human beings are largely responsible for the widespread alteration of ecosystems on the planet. A recent study traces the ways in which humans are the principal agents ...

Most gardeners know that earthworms help keep soils healthy, now scientists have assessed just how important their underground activities are to global food production -- and how to protect them. In ...

A study of correlation between the number of earthworms and the abundance and diversity of certain understory species has found that the earthworm could be a threat to plant diversity in natural ...

Earthworms experience constant chemical interactions with bacteria, fungi, plants and small invertebrates across soil ecosystems. Even within their tissues, earthworms harbor symbiotic microbes and ...

The study focused on one of the more than 20,000 orchid species, Goodyera pubescens, a tall, erect plant with white flowers common in America's East Coast forests. Scientists determined that ...

Earthworms aren’t just good at making soil; they’re also proficient at unlocking greenhouse gas emissions from their dirt meals. While worms likely won’t bring on a global warming catastrophe, the ...

Charles Darwin is, most famously, the author of The Origin of Species. But the last book he ever wrote gets far less attention today. It's called The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of ...