An invasive species of earthworm — originally from East Asia and discovered in Illinois in 2015 — has been jumping to counties across the state in recent years. The worms, which seem to jump and ...

If you’ve ever seen adult jumping worms, there’s no mistaking them. Found near the surface of soil and larger than your average worm, jumping worms don’t actually jump, but they thrash and wriggle ...

Gardeners should do their homework to avoid bringing jumping worms home. They should check with gardening supply stores to find out where they source mulch. In addition to looking over mulch brought ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The jumping worm has made headlines in recent weeks. The invasive species, first found on American soil in the late 19th century, has been confirmed in 34 states and is ...

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While many gardeners welcome worms in their soil, there’s one wriggling fiend that is unwanted. Virginia Cooperative Extension is asking Virginia residents to keep an eye out for the invasive jumping ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Forget the murder hornets, and fear the jumping worms! Ecologists are warning people to take another look at their garden to see if they run into “jumping worms.” They run about ...

Mary Maier says she first noticed the invaders in the garden on the Loring Greenway last summer. "They are quick, they wiggle, they jump," she said. "They are little pests." She is talking about ...

Jumping worms are a harmful invasive species. According to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), these worms change the soil in a negative way, more than any other earthworm we have in ...

A look at how earthworms and now Asian jumping worms are moving across Pennsylvania. Here's why they can be good or bad for the environment.

Learn about invasive jumping worms at the Batavia Plain Dirt Gardeners' monthly meeting on Tuesday, May 16, at Batavia Public Library, 10 S. Batavia Ave. It will begin with a social gathering at 6:45 ...

After hitchhiking a ride from Asia five years go, an unusual worm has been wiggling its way across Oregon, said Sam Chan, an invasive species specialist at Oregon State University. The Amynthas ...