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Michigan gardeners are being urged to prevent the spread of these invasive jumping worms, which can flip themselves a foot ...

They clone themselves, they thrash violently like a rattlesnake when handled, they can jump a foot in the air, and now they're in California.Beyond the jumping worm's gnarly appearance (the species is ...

My friend Dick Waterman from Franklin is a regular reader of this column. Thanks to his inquisitive nature, coupled with years of documenting the natural world in his neighborhood, he has provided me ...

Some local gardeners are starting to notice is an invasive worm species lurking in our soil. The Asian jumping worm (Amynthas spp.) also goes by Asian worm, snake worm, crazy worm, or Alabama jumper.

Invasive jumping worms, also known as snake worms and crazy worms because they thrash violently when disturbed, are a growing threat to native plants in RI. An infestation forced the Rhode Island Wild ...

The worms can jump as much as a foot off the ground. They also can make the soil inhospitable for native plants and insects.

This worm bucks like a rodeo bull, but it eats like a cow. Scientists are learning new details about a species of “jumping” earthworms, a k a “crazy” worms, a k a “Alabama jumpers,” so dubbed for ...

Scientists have raised alarm over an invasive and aggressive species of worms that are native to Asia and can jump a foot off the ground after they were spotted on the west coast of the United States.

Q: When planting one of my garden beds this weekend, I was startled by some worms that were in my potted plants. They jumped away from my hand, and when I tried to pick them up they moved really fast.

Have you ever heard of jumping worms? Well don’t feel bad. I had never heard about them until a few days ago. They’re also called Alabama jumpers or even “crazy snake worms.” A friend of mine, Jim, ...