A study conducted in the Brazilian state of Amazonas has demonstrated that small amounts of Amazonian dark earth (ADE)—an ...

This article explains why soil remains a vital source of new antibiotics, showing how modern tools are reviving discovery ...

Trichoderma species—a common fungus found in soils—have varying abilities to promote tomato plant growth and differentially ...

Scientists believe the Yedoma formation — an ice-rich, organic-laden permafrost formed during the Ice Age — helped sustain ...

A Caltech-led study published in Nature Microbiology found that drought drives elevated antibiotic resistance across soils worldwide, with drier regions showing consistently higher frequencies of ...

New research suggests drought-parched soil turbocharges antibiotic resistance in nature, and with UK summers getting drier, ...

Worms are some of the key helpers of the soil. Learn about the basics of healthy soil growth, and how to add nutrients to soil to promote healthy microorganisms, bacteria, and fungi growth while ...

A protein plucked from common soil bacteria and paired with a fatty acid can destroy colorectal cancer cells in laboratory ...

Garden beds don’t run on luck—they run on life. Beneath every thriving plant sits a bustling underground world of microbes, ...

In now-famous remarks commemorating the first-ever World Soil Day — created in 2014 to raise global awareness about the importance of healthy soil — Maria-Helena Semedo, Deputy- Director General for ...