Farmers now have more reasons to consider rotating their crops, University of Alberta research shows. Widely used to restore ...

Like any good animal, we sense the change of seasons through a hundred subtle clues. Leaves change and shed, becoming crispy piles underfoot. Geese cross the bright sky. Other signs of winter are ...

Researchers showed that teosinte gene fragments in modern corn suppress nitrifying and denitrifying soil bacteria, reducing ...

When snow blankets the landscape, it may seem like life slows down. But beneath the surface, an entire world of activity is ...

The researchers say the Green Revolution and exclusive selection for aboveground traits in corn — ignoring traits related to ...

In a warming corner of Iceland, tiny soil microbes are quietly rewriting one of Earth’s most fundamental life-support systems ...

Soil biology is important for soil health, and the soil’s biological community encompasses all living things, including earthworms, insects, nematodes, plant roots, animals and microbes. Beneficial ...

Lucy M. Stitzer is the founder and editor of Dirt-To-Dinner. Its mission is to help consumers better understand how their food is grown and processed, and why this is important to them and their ...

Salt, microplastics, and rising temperatures are silently degrading urban soil health, and weakening the resilience of cities.

Microbes move across the planet, linking ecosystems and spreading genes that shape antibiotic resistance, health, and ...