There are some types of worms you definitely don't want to see in your garden. Earthworms, however, are often heralded as the unsung heroes of your green space, playing a crucial role in soil ...

Earthworms are the engineers of the soil, bringing benefits to farmers The first global atlas of earthworms has been compiled, based on surveys at 7,000 sites in 56 countries. The findings will ...

Earthworms may be helpful in a compost heap or in the soil of a vegetable garden. But they are a destructive force in Minnesota’s hardwood forests – chomping up entire layers of the forest ...

Cathy Krar, Master Gardener Not again! Invasive fish, invasive plants, invasive insects, invasive pathogens and now our ...

Emma Sherlock, Curator of Free-living Worms at the Museum, explains why we should love earthworms more. Find out what you could unearth in your garden and how to entice your new friends to the surface ...

If you see a slow worm (Anguis fragilis) in your garden, you'd be forgiven for thinking it's a snake. But it's actually a legless lizard, the only such creature native to Britain. Slow worms are ...

What earthworms we see in our yards and gardens and on driveways and sidewalks are all imported. One paper on the subject of earthworms in Alaska noted 14 kinds of imported earthworms. These were ...

They chomp and chew the soil like underground earthworms, and ‘tunnel down’ in snaky worm-patterns, with the class forming four ‘worm-lines’ across the room. Eventually they snooze as a ...

Once declared by Aristotle to be “the intestines of the earth,” earthworms have been recognized for centuries as essential to the health of our planet's soil. But one of the most interesting ...

Between March and October you can visit over 80 gardens. Some have never been open to the public before. Our gardens don't just look incredible. Many offer lunches, treasure trails and plants for sale ...

Whether you want garden furniture for extravagant outdoor entertaining or a simply set of loungers to create a relaxing private oasis, our buying guide will help you find and maintain the best outdoor ...