Since the first farmers tilled the soil more than 10,000 years ago, the plow has been the essential tool of human survival.

Spiders are declining in livestock-grazed areas, while ticks and mites are increasing. This change affects ecosystems and ...

Studies have demonstrated that by enhancing soil structure and fertility, landscape professionals can reduce dependency on ...

How did we get to a place where we think of soil as dirt? Soils are buzzing with life, criss-crossed with a hard-to-fathom ...

A 15-year study in India's Spiti Valley revealed that replacing wild herbivores with livestock significantly affects ground-dwelling arthropods. Lives ...

This study presents an important discovery regarding the diversity and evolution of gall-forming microbial effectors. Supported by convincing computational structural predictions and analyses, the ...

As Australia swelters through a scorching summer, the nation's flora is facing not just extreme heat, but also prolonged heat ...

Wildfires in Peru’s Andes are depleting soil health and slowing ecosystem recovery, highlighting urgent conservation ...

The FDA was already understaffed and behind in inspections when the Trump administration began its layoffs. Here's what you ...

Anxieties are high as experts warn the avian flu outbreak could worsen in the spring, but egg prices are spurring more newcomers to start backyard flocks.

The experts there have created an app to help users plant, cultivate and harvest fruit, vegetables and herbs, with down-to-earth advice and useful tools to help you stay on top of garden tasks. This ...

However, these are only what organic farming and gardening have always promoted, feeding the soil not the plants. Indeed, biodynamic techniques are also well established. From my own research the ...