Earthworms move through the soil not just by wriggling around, but by sending peristaltic waves down their bodies. A new bio-inspired robot, which employs that same strategy, could one day be used in ...

Researchers at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) have created a soft robot inspired by earthworms that has promising utility in underground exploration, excavation, search and rescue ...

A recent greenhouse study investigated the effects of glyphosate on earthworms inhabiting agricultural soil. The results were ...