Compared to intensive land use, sustainable land use allows better control of underground herbivores and soil microbes. As a ...

A study published in Environmental Research Letters reveals that centimeter-sized plastic fragments are increasing much ...

Researchers studied the effects of intensive and extensive land use on soil biodiversity in cropland and grassland.Based on a media release by Leipzig ...

Tom Harries, CEO and founder of Earth Funeral, explains the process of being turned into soil in about 30 days — and how your ...

Environmental DNA harvested from the ocean, land and air can help scientists monitor wildlife. The challenge is figuring out how to interpret this eDNA.

Organic banana production is significantly more conducive to microbial decomposition than its chemical-intensive counterparts ...

New research shows that, instead of replanting rainforests, allowing them to bounce back naturally would store loads of ...

The Kaw Valley Almanac (KVA) says now is a good time to observe mushrooms in Kansas. According to the KVA, now is a good time to find decomposers on dead tree trunks and limbs. The KVA says you can ...

In rural Africa, where livelihoods are often tied directly to the land, environmental degradation poses a critical threat to both ecosystems and people's well-being. New research reveals ways to ...

ASHLAND, Ore. — A winged creature from Oregon was crowned this year's winner in an annual bat beauty contest put on by the Bureau of Land Management. On Halloween, which was the last day of ...

A hoary bat with a feisty personality named "Hoary Potter" defeated "Lestat" and "Sir Flaps-A-Lot" to win the Bureau of Land ...

Have you ever walked through a forest and seen the remnants of trees with most branches removed and just the inner cores remaining? Well, you might be in what is known as a ‘ghost forest’ that ...