I have 1,000 new mouths to feed. It’s not as bad as it sounds. I can keep all of the little guys in my garage and feed them my garbage. At least that’s what master composter Paul Suliin says as he ...

Worms are not native to North America. About 20,000 years ago, our continent experienced an Ice Age, along with Europe and Asia. The phenomenon decimated the worm population, with the only survivors ...

Randy White, creator of the social networking site Bright Neighbor, preaches about the miracle of the worms. "Red wiggler worms, I believe, are better than gold." He's trying to turn into believers ...

They arrived early on a Tuesday morning in a cardboard box. “1000 Red Worms,” read the label in large letters printed beneath the USPS tracking number. Return address: Uncle Jim’s Worm Farm. My ...

But now even bait has gone high tech. Including the lowly worm, that ground-boring little fish-getter you dug up as a kid. These days a worm is not merely a worm. The baits are specialized, for ...

Stephanie Davies and Amber Gribben, who run Urban Worm Girl, are Chicago evangelists of the ecological benefits of worms. So it was in character for them to ask the following question last month of a ...

For years, the only thing I knew about red wigglers was their claim to fame as the featured worm on signs that advertised fishing bait in front of bait and tackle shops. But these days red wigglers ...

Meet the new goldfish for urban hipsters. From Belltown to Capitol Hill, condo and apartment residents are making room for the red wiggler, a slender worm that eats half its weight each day and ...

Wriggly, voracious Eisenia fetida — red wiggler worms — could be the new livestock for Southern California gardeners ... if only they were easier to find. The demand for composting worms skyrocketed ...

There are over 7,000 known species of earthworms. Some are purple. Some live 22 feet down in the soil. Some are nine feet long. Red wigglers, Eisenia fetida, are found in the upper layers of soil rich ...