Some people assume worms come to the surface so they do not drown in their burrows. However, "worms don't have lungs like we ...

Recent rain has caused the hammerhead flatworm, an invasive species, to emerge from its underground home, experts said.

Invasive hammerhead worms are spreading in Texas, and have been spotted in Houston, Dallas, Austin and toward the coast.

On top of the freakiness of them, Penn State states how the worm produces a neurotoxin known as tetrodotoxin. Tetrodotoxin can irritate the skin of humans who come into contact with them, and might ...

My good friend K.D. has been having issues with dead earthworms on her driveway and in her garage. How does this happen? Soil is comprised of about 25% air space and earthworms live in these soil ...

Farmer Ramesh Hanumaiya displays soil with earthworms in it in Anantapur district in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, India, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. This soil used to be as hard as ...

Asian hammerhead worms are in Texas, and it's putting earthworms in danger. ... Hammerhead worms tend to stay out of the sunlight, hidden from plain sight, but the extra rain has brought them out.

According to LSU AgCenter entomologist Nathan Lord, getting rid of hammerhead worms isn't easy due to their remarkable ...

After weeks of heavy rain across North Texas, sightings of a toxic invasive worm are on the rise. The hammerhead worm is popping up in counties throughout the Metroplex and experts say it’s a ...

Slim, yellowish and parasitic, these eye-catching horsehair worms were seen waving atop and along lilac shrubs during spring rain in mid-May 2025 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Some people assume worms come to the surface so they do not drown in their burrows. However, "worms don't have lungs like we do," Thea Whitman, a soil scientist at the University of Wisconsin ...