t’s been known for years that European earthworms are changing the makeup of North American forests by altering the soil that trees grow in. Now, in a new study published last week, scientists have ...

ROME (AP) — The vaunted Mediterranean diet and French gastronomy are getting some competition: the European Union’s food safety agency says worms are safe to eat. The Parma-based agency published a ...

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Gardeners and worms go hand in hand but not all worms are the same. We commonly use one type of worm, Red Wigglers, Eisenia fetida, for vermiculture (worm composting) because they can quickly convert ...

PROVIDENCE – They grow twice as fast as other earthworms, can get up to half a foot long and pose a threat to native plants by devouring the top layer of organic matter in the soil that’s full of ...

Michigan is confronting an accelerating ecological crisis as Asian jumping worms tear through forests and gardens across both ...

If it’s true that we “eat first with our eyes,” then you may want to keep them shut for this meal. The European Food Safety Agency, under the jurisdiction of the European Union, has deemed yellow ...

As home gardeners are cleaning up their spring flower beds and vegetable patches, they might notice signs of a relatively new invasive species that’s made its way across Pennsylvania. Though Asian ...