"They're kind of like our hidden allies." The south Gippsland organic beef and lamb farmer is talking about a species of annelid worm called the giant Gippsland earthworm (Megascolides australis).

Instead of feeding on blood, it hunts down and devours worms, particularly the Kinabalu Giant Earthworm ( Pheretima darnleiensis ), which can grow up to 70cm (2.3 feet) long! As its name suggests, the ...

Paleontologists have revealed a giant new species of prehistoric "worm lizard" with a powerful bite that is the largest of its kind found to date. The newly identified creature, named ...

But one of the most interesting earthworms of all — the giant Palouse earthworm, native to the Palouse prairie grassland — is literally being ousted from its home turf by modern agriculture and other ...

Earlier this month, the US Fish and Wildlife Service denied protection under the Endangered Species Act to the giant Palouse earthworm. I can't describe the linkurl ...

GIANT nuclei have been found by me in the epithelial cells of the pharynx in the earthworm Lumbricus sp. The pharyngeal epithelium of the earthworm was extensively investigated by Keilin 1 ...

The longest earthworm is the African giant earthworm, which can grow up to 6.7m (22ft) long. Worms are tough little creatures. If you accidentally cut an earthworm in half while gardening ...