Worms stir fascination in kids. They wiggle and squirm, and seemingly vanish into the dirt. And adults aren't immune to such interest. Worms are incredibly useful - especially to the backyard gardener ...

Lack of credit, high fuel costs, slumping demand aren't problems for a new business in Maryland. Six-year-old Enzo Fiore and his brother Otto, 4, are seeing their fortune in the worm business.

The kitchen prep line at the legislative cafeteria in Raleigh generates about 40 pounds of food scraps a day. At most restaurants and home kitchens in America, scraps like those wind up in landfills, ...

There’s a yardstick among gardeners that good, rich soil with lots of actively decaying organic matter in it should have about a dozen or more earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris) in each cubic foot. But ...

Durham >> Mark Purser looks nothing like your stereotypical millionaire. While working at the Worm Farm in Durham, he’ll dive into a pile of red wigglers with his bare hands or a pitchfork. When ...

In teacher Michael Taylor’s perfect world, every home in Glendale has worms. Purplish-brown worms that eat trash and wiggle in order to breathe through their skin and have five hearts, dual sex organs ...

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Kelly Frampton had recently moved to her new home in the country outside Eudora, Kan., when she noticed a strange looking worm on her property. “I’m trying to tell myself it’s another earthworm, but ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Squishy ...