The giant Palouse earthworm, once thought extinct, has been rediscovered in Idaho, yet it doesn't live up to its mythical reputation. It's an earthworm so mysterious, people compare it to the Loch ...

Native, possibly giant, earthworm science in the Pacific Northwest is advancing with the discovery of two new specimens from opposite sides of the interior Columbia River basin. University of Idaho ...

Only four giant Palouse earthworms have been found in the last 100 years — so scientists are dousing the worms with hot mustard and shocking them with electricity. Those are the two main tricks of ...

The giant Palouse earthworm is three feet long, smells like lilies and spits. Once common, it's been spotted just four times in the last 30 years -- but the United States Fish and Wildlife service ...

COLFAX, Whitman County — When searching for one of North America’s most elusive creatures, it helps to have state-of-the-art equipment, jokes Jodi Johnson-Maynard. The University of Idaho soil ...

SPOKANE – It’s 3 feet long, pinkish in color, smells like a lily and must be saved from extinction, conservationists said Thursday in asking the federal government to protect the Giant Palouse ...

PORTLAND, Oreg.— Friends of the Clearwater, Center for Biological Diversity, Palouse Prairie Foundation, Palouse Audubon and Palouse Group of Sierra Club filed a petition today with the U.S. Fish and ...

As a local vet Emma Swan is used to treating all sorts of wildlife, but she was shocked when her boyfriend found something in their backyard that’s rarely seen. After days of heavy rain Ms Swan said ...

HELENA, Mont. — Once feared extinct, the giant Palouse earthworm, reputed to grow up to 3 feet long and smell like lilies, has been found alive. It turns out, experts say, the worm is not a giant, nor ...

In scenes reminiscent of a 90s horror movie Aussies have been astonished to discover huge, often metre-long creatures invading their gardens after a wet summer. Queenslanders from across the state ...

One was found at a motel in the Gold Coast hinterland this morning. “It’s huge!” exclaimed Darren Jack in a video posted to his Australian Outback Opals and Tall Trees Motel Facebook pages. A thick, ...

IN experiments on the electrical stimulation of the nerve cord of the earthworm, we have obtained a repetitive discharge of the dorsal giant fibres on stimulation of the isolated intact cord by a ...