Mould and fungus can cause significant damage to houseplants such as yellowing leaves and stunted growth. A gardener has ...

NASA researchers suggest that adding microbes to space habitats could help astronauts' immune systems stay stronger.

Insects’ aversion to worm castings is demonstrated when they are spread over ant nests, causing the ants to remove themselves ...

Rare and powerful compounds, known as keystone molecules, can build a web of invisible interactions among species.

Carcinogenic "forever chemicals" known as PFAS are infecting wildlife in the United Kingdom. The analysis — obtained and ...

Underground fungal networks are “living algorithms” that quietly help regulate Earth’s climate. Now scientists know what makes them so efficient.

River Partners is collecting soil samples in Dos Rios State Park to identify species and understand how the area has changed ...

Researchers calculated that creatures large and small rival the landscape reshaping power of half a million major floods each ...

Soil microbiology is the scientific discipline that is concerned with the study of all biological aspects of the microorganisms (bacteria, archaea, viruses, fungi, parasites and protozoa) that ...

enhancing the soil's ... The amount of nitrogen fertilizer needed to maximize the profitability of corn production in the Midwest has been increasing by about 1.2% per year for the past three ...

Where there are people, there are mice. This pretty well summarizes the millennia-old relationship between man and mouse. Few species have benefited from humans as much as the house mouse, Mus ...

improving soil structure and increasing crop yields. These organisms are vital for global element cycling, material decomposition and biodiversity conservation. The findings, which offer new ...