Who Needs Worms? Our Hidden Soil Engineers

One of the complaints about the land here in Casper, Wyoming is that “there’s no worms”.

Sure, there are a few.

But actually, we’ve got plenty of animals that perform bioturbation.

The working of dirt into soil.

We just kill a lot of them.

• Prairie dogs

• Ground squirrels

• Mice

• Ants

• Lizards

• Snakes