Do they become “snowbirds” and relocate to warmer climates until spring? Do they hibernate like bears? Or do they continue to do the jobs they do so well, waiting for spring and fresh plantings to ...

This story by the Center for Public Integrity was published in partnership with Grist and is part of a series on soil lead contamination. Is lead lurking in the soil around you? Dangerous lead ...

Experts across the University of California San Diego have come together to launch a new center for soil health research, ...

The unique blend of fungi and bacteria in a region’s soil may be the strongest factor explaining its rates of childhood allergic disease, with certain assemblages of soil critters appearing linked ...

Globally, soils contain three times as much carbon as exists in the atmosphere and all plants, combined. Which means that ...

Tracie Troxler’s mission is about more than just throwing food scraps in a bucket. It’s about interconnectedness—the web that unites soil with community, and nature with health. “Healthy plants and ...

Latimer, Iowa, farm diversifies corn-soybean rotation with oats, pioneers soil health and community resilience with no-till ...

Perhaps the hardiest assemblage of lichens and other fungi and algae yet found has been hiding in plain sight in northern Chile’s Atacama Desert. This newly discovered “grit-crust,” as ecologists have ...

Altadenans concerned about the safety of the soil on their properties can drop off samples at Loma Alta Park for testing at an event tomorrow. What to expect: Soil experts from USC and the L.A. County ...