Searchers shovel NW dirt seeking giant worm

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 19:14 in Earth & Climate

The giant Palouse earthworm has taken on mythic qualities in a vast agricultural region that stretches from eastern Washington into the Idaho panhandle. But scientists hope to change that this summer with researchers scouring the Palouse region in hopes of finding more of the them.

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