Have you ever wondered: What do earthworms eat? Most of us learn in school that earthworms are good for the soil and help maintain a healthy ecosystem. They are also food for a wide range of ...

Earthworms are vital to the garden ecosystem. We talked to a horticulturalist about how to attract them to your garden and how to keep them happy.

Other, unpigmented earthworms eat soil and make horizontal burrows close to the soil surface. These include the gray worm (Aporrectodea caliginosa).

“Earthworms also serve as indicators of healthy soil, offering numerous benefits such as increased nutrient availability, better drainage and enhanced soil structure, all vital for plant growth ...

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Earthworms are epigeic, endogeic, or anecic worms. Epigeic worms are the surface dwellers, they like the top two to three inches of soil. Epigeic is the Greek translation for ‘on the earth.’ ...

In this process, soil particles along with digested organic material are coated with mucous from the worms’ digestive tracts. The result is pure fertilizer for your garden.

By just going about their day — eating, burrowing, defecating — these invertebrates alter the soil around them and improve it in various ways. The main effect they have on the environment is through ...

Earthworms that grows the food we eat and the flowers we love to look at. Indeed, they are the primary drivers in soil formation.