Invasive jumping worms are one species known ... The critters, which been described as "earthworms on steroids," had infiltrated Connecticut and more than 30 other states as of last summer.

Even before I started gardening as a teenager in my New York suburb, I had been taught to regard earthworms with an almost holy awe. I probably learned this from my gardener mother. In any event ...

Even before I started gardening as a teenager in my New York suburb, I had been taught to regard earthworms with an almost holy awe. I probably learned this from my gardener mother. In any event, I ...

Earthworms are a common species found everywhere ... the jumping worm is a species of earthworm that isn't as good and is considered invasive. “They actually move very quickly," Ford said.

The worms are an invasive species and make it difficult for plants to grow. Getty Images/iStockphoto Unlike earthworms, jumping worms move like a snake and sometimes appear to be hopping.

HUEFFMEIER: The Great Lakes Worm Watch project is a project that started about 20+ years ago now and it was looking at earthworms that are invasive to Minnesota, and that happens to be every ...

Purdue Landscape Report: Asian jumping worms, a group of invasive earthworms, have gained a significant amount of media attention in the last several weeks, and for good reason. Unlike the ...

There are now more alien species than native species of earthworms in most places on the continent, a study has found. “Our results reveal that the entire continent is being invaded by non ...

Concerns have been raised after a recent workshop recording earthworms at a site in Co Down found a low number in the soil, with the killer invasive ‘New Zealand’ flatworm species believed to ...

Voyageurs National Park has banned live bait on interior lakes, hoping to prevent the spread of invasive species, including earthworms. Roughly 50 percent of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area ...