Earthworms – Biological Recording

Glowing, Glowing, Gone? The Plight of the Glow-worm in Essex

Dr Tim Gardiner discusses his research into the decline of one of Britain’s most iconic beetles.

The Mind of a Bee: An Exploration of the Intelligence of Bees

Delve into the mind of a bee with Prof Lars Chittka (Queen Mary College of the University of London) and explore how bee brains are unparalleled in the animal kingdom.

Using Bioturbation Behaviour To Create New Functional Groups for Earthworms

Delve into an experiment investigating the burrowing, feeding and casting behaviour of 50 species of earthworm with Yvan Capowiez (National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment in France).

Earthworms 2024: A Year in Review

Keiron Derek Brown presents the latest data from the National Earthworm Recording Scheme and other earthworm projects that the Biological Recording Company has been part over the past year.

Earthworm Image Recognition Project

Can earthworms be identified from photographs using AI? This blog presents a proof-of-concept study that investigated if an image recognition and species classification algorithm could be developed to accurately identify live earthworms.

Spiders, Earthworms and Beetles: The Impacts of Cover Crop Frost Tolerance

Dr Amelia Hood (University of Reading) presents the results of a collaborative experiment looking at invertebrate-associated ecosystem benefits from cover crops.

Introduction To Earthworms

Our Introduction To Earthworms blog includes 3 educational presentations on earthworms: Introduction to Earthworms,
Earthworms for Farmers and Earthworms of the UK Part 1.

Darwin’s Earthworms: A Groundbreaking Piece of Soil Ecology

Kerry Calloway (Earthworm Society of Britain) takes us on a 44-year journey through Darwin’s research into earthworms, their intelligence and ecological importance.

Gardening For Earthworms: Mutual Benefits of Earthworm-friendly Gardening

Understanding the different ecological groups of earthworms is key to improving your little patch of our planet for every gardener’s friend.

Autumn 2023: ID Training Courses in London

Check out our London species identification training programme for Autumn 2023! Join us to learn about botanical keys, earthworms, ferns, fungi, mining bees and winter plant ID.