On a cool spring morning in a northern forest, the ground feels soft underfoot. Mist hangs between the trunks, and the air smells of wet leaves and old humus; the slow alchemy that keeps a forest ...

If you're itching to get back into the garden as winter comes to a close, this aromatic ground cover might be the perfect low ...

Sustained extreme heat can damage, weaken and kill all living things, from wheat crops to koalas and fruit bats.

It's easy to end up with partial bags of potting soil, or pots with soil and no flowers. After awhile that soil loses ...

Researchers investigating crops grown in soil contaminated by the 2015 mining disaster in Brazil discovered that toxic metals are moving from the earth into edible plants. Bananas, cassava, and cocoa ...

Bioengineered E. coli bacteria can now produce a group of compounds with anticancer, anti-HIV, antidiabetic and anti-inflammatory activities.

When you look out across a snowy winter landscape, it might seem like nature is fast asleep. Yet, under the surface, tiny organisms are hard at work, consuming the previous year's dead plant material ...

Life brings mishaps but there are new things to learn along the way, as well as advice for navigating traffic woes.

Dozens of fertilizer bags wept blue fluid onto the forest floor. Irrigation tubes snaked across the craters of empty plant ...

Oxidative stress is a direct consequence of an excess in the body of so-called "free radicals" – reactive, unstable molecules ...

Many people have switched to “ammonia-free” hair colours believing they are automatically safer. While avoiding ammonia is a ...