A comparative earthworm survey for The Royal Parks investigating how leaf litter management influences soil biodiversity in Bushy Park and Kensington Gardens, providing evidence to inform future park management.
Category Archives: Earthworms
Sapperton Wilder Baseline Earthworm Survey
Discover how a three-year baseline earthworm survey is helping measure soil health and nature recovery at Sapperton Wilder. Learn why earthworms are important indicators of healthy soils, what the survey revealed, and how this baseline will be used to monitor the success of regenerative agriculture and habitat restoration.
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).
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.
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.
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.