On a rainy day, you'll often see lots of earthworms on sidewalks and roads. But what makes the worms crawl away from the safety of the soil when it's raining? Some people assume worms come to the surface so they do not drown in their burrows. However, "worms don't have lungs like...
Why do clams belong to the phylum Mollusca? Why do sponges go through bioerosion? What is the function of a fish's operculum? Why are earthworms slimy? Why are nautiloids members of the Mollusca phylum? How do marine organisms float? How does the starfish adapt to the aquatic biome? Where...
Although rocking, says Heinrich, occurs during foraging, it’s not likely that it helps the birds detect earthworms or other insects underground. For one thing, as you saw above, they do the “rock walk” on asphalt or on the snow, and there are no invertebrates to be found that way. ...
talking about sweet corn, moths and worms are really drawn to the sweet crop (much like I am!). That means sweet corn farmers tend to do a number of things to control bugs including using organic, biological or conventional pesticides. The protein that...