Whether you love the idea of fresh guacamole made from your own avocados, or just like the aesthetics of avocado trees, ...

A group of Tasmanian dairy farmers is hopeful tiny organisms in the soil could soon offer a cheaper, climate-friendly alternative to synthetic fertiliser. They've made more than 500 hectares ...

Tilling churns up the top several inches of soil, which displaces soil organisms and breaks up soil aggregates. By contrast, the no-till method minimizes the disruption of the soil.

Together with many other soil organisms, soil nematodes are crucial parts of the soil ecosystem,” the researchers share. “Nematodes, including the notorious plant-parasitic nematodes, are able to ...

However, once the concentrations of conventional PET glitter in the soil reached 1000 mg glitter/kg of soil, the reproduction of the springtails was reduced by 61 per cent. In comparison, there were ...

University of Melbourne Associate Professor Suzie Reichman, who led the research, said: “We found that neither glitter impacted springtail survival or size. However, once the concentrations of ...

Plastic pollution is everywhere. Each year, over 368 million metric tons of plastics are produced with over 13 million metric tons of it ending up in the soil where it can be toxic to wildlife.

To better assess the links between soil sounds and biodiversity, researchers looked at — and listened to — a variety of landscapes in South Australia. They were searching for sounds produced ...

That’s because these soil organisms are themselves key to preserving soil health, so their presence is not only an indicator of soil viability, but also helps create that viability.

Diverse organisms such as bacteria, nematodes, arthropods, and fungi exist in soil and form a soil ecosystem, but their actual compositions and dynamics are unclear.

There are three main categories of earthworms, according to Tom Sizmur, a soil ecologist at the University of Reading who has dedicated his career to studying the intricate relationships between soil ...