This leech has a scary appetite. But it might be essential to its ecosystem. The largest terrestrial leech in the South, Haemopis septagon, has terrifying eating habits. Yet, its presence in pristine ...

LUFKIN, TX (KTRE) – Sometimes dares can get gutsy, Thursday morning it got really gross. The Burley Primary principal ate an earthworm. He agreed to eat one with the Slack Elementary P. E. Coach and ...

Q. You often write about bizarre plants and animals. A few years ago, you wrote about some kind of odd invasive flatworm that eats earthworms. What was it, and is it dangerous to humans? If we find ...

Last week's column began a celebration of the humble earthworm. I promised to finish that paean to one of nature's prime recyclers this week with what is known about how earthworms get along with ...

Earthworms, as we know, are garden champions, cleaning the soil by eating their weight in organic matter every day and aerating it as they wriggle around, creating tunnels to ease root growth. They ...