The digging, stirring and overturning of soil by conventional ploughing in tillage farming is severely damaging earthworm populations around the world, say scientists. The findings show a systematic ...

Dear Neil: I have two acres of a variety of turfgrasses. I've been battling armyworms for years and had them. Now about two-thirds of my lawn is soft and seems to be undermined. I leave ruts with my ...

The study focused on one of the more than 20,000 orchid species, Goodyera pubescens, a tall, erect plant with white flowers common in America's East Coast forests. Scientists determined that ...

Cover crops are lauded for their ability to recharge the soil. The most well-known benefit of using a cover crop—often a legume planted off-season—is in lending more nitrogen to the soil. And that’s ...

In their efforts to forecast the spread of an invasive worm species, researchers are bringing a new weapon to bear: statistical analysis. An international research team is bringing a new weapon to ...

Early birds, anglers and farmers had bad news last week. Lumbricus terrestris —better known as the earthworm—is in serious trouble. U.S. Soil Conservationists Henry Hopp and Paul J. Linder have warned ...

(Beyond Pesticides, April 1, 2014) Earthworms that make their home in contaminated soil do so at a significant cost, according to French and Danish researchers. Results of the study, “Acclimation of ...

From ants to caterpillars, Stanford is no stranger to campus critters. A recent Stanford study found that imported earthworm species have taken over much of North America, potentially threatening ...

Environmentalists in China are warning against a growing trend of using gadgets to electrocute earthworms, as it may also harm the soil’s health. The sale of the soft and slimy invertebrates is a ...

The digging, stirring and overturning of soil by conventional ploughing in tillage farming is severely damaging earthworm populations around the world, say scientists. The findings published in the ...