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A number of conditions make Earth hospitable for life as we know it, and one of them is the soil in which we grow our food. It's full of a complicated mix of nutrients, bacteria, and fungi that allow ...

How do bone-eating worms reproduce? A new study by Norio Miyamoto and colleagues from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology sheds light on this question through a detailed ...

“Gross Science” is a new science show from PBS Digital Studios that’s all about what show host Anna Rothschild calls science’s “slimy, smelly, creepy underbelly.” In this episode, Rothschild describes ...

Imagine digging in your garden and seeing an unusual-looking worm near the surface. You reach out to move it … and suddenly it thrashes violently and flies through the air! It sounds crazy, but that’s ...

A research lab in the Netherlands just brought us one step further on our path to living—and farming—on Mars. And they got some help from an unlikely creature: earthworms. Worms are vital for any ...

Like us, it’s all chemistry for digestion! How is it that these detritivores – literally dirt eaters – turn what humans find inedible into beloved compost? After the biology and physics of swallowing ...