Invasive jumping worms cause native plants to die, erosion and help invasive plants to find new locations to grow.

Weeks of heavy rain have prompted a plague of massive toxic hammerhead worms to erupt from the ground in North Texas, much to ...

There’s a “biological tit for tat,” too, he says. Invasive species in the U.S. like hammerhead worms, spotted lanternflies, murder hornets, and the brown marmorated stink bug, are all from Asia.

Jumping worms usually are grey-brown in color and have a darker pigmentation since they spend most of their time closer to the surface. Their collar then is milky-white, flat against the body and ...

Because the worms tend to end up wherever soil is transported, “they’re in a lot of gardens and yards and around houses,” he said. “Within those habitats, they’re in leaf litter.

Invasive hammerhead worms are spreading in Texas, and have been spotted in Houston, Dallas, Austin and toward the coast.

Some people assume worms come to the surface so they do not drown in their burrows. However, "worms don't have lungs like we do," Thea Whitman, a soil scientist at the University of Wisconsin ...

Because the worms tend to end up wherever soil is transported, “they’re in a lot of gardens and yards and around houses,” he said. “Within those habitats, they’re in leaf litter.