The Rise of the Crazy Worms

These aren’t your friendly neighborhood garden worms. Then again, those aren’t so great either.

Illustration: Myriam Wares/The Atlantic

By Julia Rosen

On a sweltering July day, I follow Annise Dobson down an overgrown path into the heart of Seton Falls Park. It’s a splotch of unruly forest, surrounded by the clamoring streets and cramped rowhouses of the Bronx…