From ants to caterpillars, Stanford is no stranger to campus critters. A recent Stanford study found that imported earthworm species have taken over much of North America, potentially threatening ...

Whether or not the worm you’re seeing is invasive will depend on where you live and, of course, the species of worm.  “Places ...

An invasive "crazy worm" is spreading, and it can wreak havoc on your garden. Many native earthworms add nutrients to the soil and help it aerate, but Asian jumping worms do the opposite. Because the ...

Earthworms may be helpful in a compost heap or in the soil of a vegetable garden. But they are a destructive force in Minnesota’s hardwood forests – chomping up entire layers of the forest floor and ...

Nonnative earthworms have colonized much of the North American continent, posing a threat to native ecosystems, a recent analysis reveals. Writing in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, ...

Naturalist Eowyn Bates will unearth the truth about earthworms and the role they play in the local environment during an upcoming Earth Week Plus Adventure called “‘Not so Nice,’ Earthworm Invaders!” ...