It might be Shark Week, but sharks aren't the only hammerheads to watch out for this summer. An invasive worm that packs the poisonous power of a puffer fish and the slithering stamina of a snake has ...

Earthworms are important allies in creating a soil ecosystem that is conducive to growing flowers, vegetables, turf, shrubs, trees or any type of plant. Deep-dwelling earthworms such as common night ...

If you've been to the iconic "Spoonbridge and Cherry" sculpture at the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, you've also been less than a mile away from ground zero of a jumping worm's invasion of Minnesota.

To blunt the toxic arsenic in the waters where it lives, a deep-sea worm combines it with another chemical to produce a less toxic compound. By Jack Tamisiea Arsenic is a toxic metal, and exposure to ...

Worms. Who knew that worms could create such a discussion when they suddenly appeared in the St. Johns River last month. But that was the case a few weeks ago when my friend Jeff Lageman, former ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...