A new breakdown of earthworm DNA could help us better understand how evolution works, and it could prove Darwin completely ...

Worms radically reorganized their genomes during their move from sea to land, supporting the theory of punctuated equilibrium ...

That question led to what Ingrid M. Lubbers, a soil researcher at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, christened the “earthworm dilemma” in a paper published in 2013 in Nature Climate ...

The earthworm robot falls into the field of “soft robotics,” where engineers and developers design robots with soft and flexible bodies, usually comprised of silicone or rubber.

Earthworms are invasive—and likely hurting insects—in much of North America. Often considered a gardener's best friend, earthworms are harming native species in forests where they don't belong.

It's all possible thanks to what worms actually do under the ground: eat, excrete, and wiggle around. Researchers make ...

An earthworm's body is made up of individual fluid-filled segments known as metameres, each one of which has a circular muscle running around it.

Earthworm love. It’s cuddly … and complicated. From the start, the earthworm is built for romance, with four or five pairs of hearts. Finding a match, though?