With the spring season approaching, you might start to see small, coiled piles of soil scattered across your lawn. These are ...

But there are organisms in the soil— creatures you can't see with your naked eye—which scientists use to measure soil health. Nematodes are among the creatures that scientists look for.

You'll go looking for earthworms by using mustard water to bring them to the surface of bare soil. The class can compare the number of worms found in different locations and discuss what this means ...

and soon the scientists discovered baby worms which had been born in the soil simulant. At present, the best bet for farming on Mars appears to be taking the dusty surface material and mixing it ...

The plan is to develop 1’ to 2’ wormlike robots that both drill into the soil and can also mimic the peristaltic, or wave-like, movements worms make when they tunnel through the soil.

The power of non-native worms can be harnessed for good through vermicomposting: marshalling worms to eat your scraps and produce castings ...

Vermicomposting uses various species of worms, typically red wigglers, to decompose organic waste such as food scraps.

Worms can live for up to 10 years. Worms eat their own weight in organic waste, soil and minerals and excrete their own weight in castings daily, which makes compost and enriches the soil.

the use of castings (worm waste material) as a high quality soil amendment, were a cloak to hide Bradley’s scam. Bradley started B&B Worm Farm in Meeker, Okla., in 1998, and offered growers red ...