A research team led by the University of Göttingen has shed new light on the importance of plant roots for belowground life, particularly in the tropics. Millions of small creatures toiling in a ...

The assortment of species of tiny soil animals – small enough to stand on the head of a pin – differ from one urban park to another, unlike plants and larger animals where a few species are often ...

Before settlement Iowa’s soil was clothed in an amazing array of prairie grasses and wildflowers that sustained wildlife ranging from soil microbes to massive bison. Dozens of bird species hunted ...

Learn how water bears (tardigrades) reacted to simulated Martian regolith, what the results reveal about toxic compounds in ...