Earthworm Jim is back, and he’s gearing up for a new animated TV show. Earthworm Jim, Beyond the Groovy will follow the titular hero and his new crew (two other worm cadets and a giant bull, by the ...

Chloe Porter is a writer on all things movies, TV and culture. Earthworm Jim is a run and gun platform game that was first released back in 1994 and became a cult classic, noted for its surreal humor ...

The earthworm robot falls into the field of “soft robotics,” where engineers and developers design robots with soft and flexible bodies, usually comprised of silicone or rubber. “Soft robotics is a ...

When Charles Darwin first proposed how evolution works in 1859, it seemed plausible. Tiny changes stack up over time, eventually leading a species to become something entirely different. Aside from ...

In today's edition of "who asked for this?," Variety reports that an Earthworm Jim TV series is in the works at Interplay Entertainment, the current owners of the franchise. Interplay released a ...

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 ...

In an effort to create robots with soft, pliable exteriors that would be suited to exploring hard to reach places and traversing bumpy terrain, a team of researchers from MIT, Harvard University and ...

Scientists have discovered how earthworms can digest plant material, such as fallen leaves, that would defeat most other herbivores. Earthworms are responsible for returning the carbon locked inside ...

A new “Earthworm Jim” animated TV series is in development, Variety has learned exclusively. The project hails from Interplay Entertainment Corp., which owns the rights to the “Earthworm Jim” games.

Robots that dig underground are getting lots of development attention thanks to DARPA, the Pentagon's research funding arm. The latest example? An earthworm from GE. The GE robot is part of DARPA's ...