PALOUSE – Pity the poor robin that latches onto one of these worms. A yard long and as big around as a man’s pinkie finger, the giant Palouse earthworm is albino-pale, can burrow 15 feet deep and ...

Only four giant Palouse earthworms have been found in the last 100 years — so scientists are dousing the worms with hot mustard and shocking them with electricity. Those are the two main tricks of ...