Asian Jumping Worms Hop into Michigan

Oakland University Biologist Studying Spread Of Invasive Worm in Michigan  “Anything you do to the soil in a forest is going to have ramifications for how that forest system functions ecologically.” And that, Oakland University Professor Scott Tiegs said, is why the Asian Jumping Worm’s growing presence in Michigan soil is a real concern. “We don’t know a lot yet about how these relatively recent invaders, this Asian species, are going to impact our forests,” said Tiegs, an associate … [Read more...]