Two extremely damaging crop pests have interbred to create hybrids resistant to more than one pesticide that could cause ...

Corn is a colossal grain in the global food and feed chain, with the U.S. producing roughly 30% of the world's supply, or ...

If you grow houseplants, you probably know that sinking feeling you get when you notice the almost imperceivable movement of a dot, fine webbing ...

For 450 million years, plants and soil fungi have been trading partners. The fungi weave through plant roots, delivering ...

One person who contracted it died. The fungus is commonly found in soil in the Ohio River and Mississippi River valleys, and ...

Some people call it a crazy worm. Some call it an Alabama jumper, although it’s not contained to that state. It’s Amynthas ...

Butte County is best known for rice fields and orchards, but a family-run worm farm in Durham is carving out a unique role in local agriculture. Supreme Court prepares major gun‑rights showdown ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — New soil sample results from Buffalo's East Side show lead contamination levels three times higher than what the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers safe for ...

An invasive Asian earthworm is causing environmental damage, and officials are taking notice of its presence in Michigan. "Michigan State University Extension is beginning to receive sporadic reports ...

Prof. Mark Sutton works for the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, based at its Edinburgh Research Station. He is an honorary professor at the University of Edinburgh, School of Geosciences. He ...

We often think of plastic pollution as a problem of oceans and seabirds. But beneath our feet, in the quiet dark of agricultural soils, a new kind of contamination is unfolding—one with profound ...