Mysterious spectacular mounds found in the earth in tropical wetlands in South America are created by earthworms, researchers have found.
Plants & Animals
May 11, 2016
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Scientists have discovered how earthworms can digest plant material, such as fallen leaves, that would defeat most other herbivores.
Ecology
Aug 4, 2015
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Snails, one of France's signature dishes, could be off the menu if the country fails to stem an invasion by a slimy worm from Southeast Asia, scientists warned on Tuesday.
Plants & Animals
Mar 4, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A combined team of researchers from the U.S. and China has found evidence to suggest that earthworms actually sequester more CO2 than they cause to be released into the atmosphere. In their paper published in ...
A team of UK researchers believe earthworms could provide a window into past climates, allowing scientists to piece together the prevailing weather conditions thousands of years ago.
Earth Sciences
Jul 8, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Earthworms are long revered for their beneficial role in soil fertility, but with the good comes the bad: they also increase greenhouse gas emissions from soils, according to a study published Feb. 3 in Nature ...
Environment
Feb 5, 2013
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Snails that can shed their tails to escape much faster-moving predators and then regrow the amputated body section have been discovered living in sub-tropical Japan, a study said Wednesday.
Plants & Animals
Oct 3, 2012
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(Phys.org)—A McMaster researcher has discovered a nearly toothless shrew rat on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.
Plants & Animals
Sep 12, 2012
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A unique species of near-toothless rat that lives off earthworms and doesn't chew or gnaw has been seen in Indonesia.
Plants & Animals
Aug 23, 2012
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Earthworms creep along the ground by alternately squeezing and stretching muscles along the length of their bodies, inching forward with each wave of contractions. Snails and sea cucumbers also use this mechanism, called ...
Robotics
Aug 10, 2012
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