Other large earthworms include the giant Gippsland, with an average length of 3 to 5 feet, though some specimens of about 6.6 feet have been recorded. The Oregon giant earthworm, ...

Giant earthworms that can grow to be as long as three feet are likely responsible for strange mounds of soil found in the wetlands of Venezuela and Colombia, scientists report in the journal PLOS ONE.

THE Terriswalkeris terraereginae lacks a common name but usually just goes by ‘the big blue earthworm’, which describes its long, blue body that makes it look a lot like a gummy worm.. Geoff Dyne, the ...

We were surprised to find that the main driver of these earth-mound landscapes appears to be a single very large earthworm species." When Zangerlé says “very large,” she’s not kidding.

Earthworms are invasive—and likely hurting insects—in much of North America. Often considered a gardener's best friend, earthworms are harming native species in forests where they don't belong.

Mysterious spectacular mounds found in the earth in tropical wetlands in South America are created by earthworms, researchers have found. The densely packed, regularly spaced mounds cover large ...

Earthworms are the engineers behind the 75,000 km2, densely ... We were surprised to find that the main driver of these earth-mound landscapes appears to be a single very large earthworm species." ### ...

Nine-Year-Old Finds a Three-Foot-Long Earthworm in His Backyard ... “There are some very large native earthworms known—a meter isn’t beyond the borders of reason,” he tells the publication.

While paved surfaces full of wriggling earthworms might come as an inconvenience to a school-aged boy dribbling a basketball or a high-heeled business professional walking on her daily commute, it … ...

In response, hundreds of large earthworms emerge, some as far as 12 meters from the baiter. Why would earthworms emerge in daylight and expose themselves to a host of potential predators, ...

Researchers have uncovered fossils of giant predator worms, some of Earth’s earliest carnivorous animals that roamed the seas 518 million years ago.