Asian jumping worms are a thing: Here’s how to keep them out of your garden Just when the ruckus over Giant Killer Hornets has calmed, we have another giant invasive pest to worry about.

Jumping worms wiggle madly, even “jumping” out of your hand. They look like other worms, but the collar, called the Clitellum, is close to the head, white, and not raised above the rest of the ...

The jumping worms may have been brought to North America in the 19th century with plants and other imported horticultural and agricultural materials. Since then, the worms have spread.