Organic gardeners recommend using worm castings as a fantastic, non-toxic fertilizer that can boost soil health and help you ...

The invasive species can lay 100 eggs in just five months and consume organic matter so quickly that soil can no longer ...

Each year Jon Allen, an associate professor of marine biology at William & Mary, gingerly removes the anemones and brittle ...

To worm or not to worm? When it comes to composting, that’s the question many savvy gardeners are pondering these days, and for good reason: Worm castings — a.k.a. poop — are the nutrient-rich organic ...

Centipedes are not insects either. But centipedes are more closely related to insects than worms are. And that is because both insects and centipedes are arthropods. They both have exoskeletons, that ...

For parasitic worms of the genus Anisakis, life typically goes like this: after floating through the ocean in an egg, they hatch as wriggling larvae with a peculiar desire—to be eaten. Small ...

Some people call it a crazy worm. Some call it an Alabama jumper, although it’s not contained to that state. It’s Amynthas ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. As a kid growing up in southern California, Don Arndt always loved the ocean. “I’ve always been fascinated with fish,” he said. “My ...