Like Rodney Dangerfield, earthworms don't get any respect. A host of other animals preys on them, kids impale them on fishing hooks and adults routinely degrade their habitat. It's a tribute to their ...

The timid earthworm has no legs with which to chase his food, no claws to catch and hold it. He has no teeth. What’s more, he must find his food among the grass and fallen leaves on the ground and ...