"The President and the Dragon,' premiering today, looks at Carter's momentous decision to try and wipe out a devastating and ...

Rhonda Sherman holds a handful of red wigglers and their castings. This story is part of an occasional series called Dream Jobs profiling North Carolinians with jobs that may be unique, distinctive or ...

New research from the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) provides a powerful, scalable method for finding treatments ...

Composting is a popular way to keep food waste out of landfills and create a natural fertilizer for houseplants and gardens. Worm composting takes advantage of earthworms’ natural ability to break ...

The human microbiome appears to play a significant role in health and disease, but the mechanisms of how it does so is not well understood. Researchers have used the nematode C. elegans to decipher ...

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.

In nature, smaller animals often attach themselves to larger ones to 'hitch a ride' and save energy migrating large distances. Researchers show how microscopic Caenorhabditis elegans worms can use ...