Heaving with microbes, worms, fungi and insects, it’s a hive of activity right ... do the important work of eating dead plants and animals. There are also some soil bacteria that eat actual rock. It’s ...

Wetter, moldier environments attract brown worms; balance soil moisture to prevent infestations ... or decomposing plant or animal matter like bacteria and fungi. In addition, you’re likely ...

These multicellular, wormlike animals differ from most other organisms in the soil, such as bacteria and fungi, which are single celled. Nematodes are equipped with a digestive system. They're ...

Out of concern about crop losses, the worms are conventionally ... especially as Mortierella fungi are often associated with healthy soil. “Mortierella has long been used in biotechnology ...

Soils around the world are polluted, worn out, over-fertilised and exhausted. How did we get to a place where we think of soil as dirt? Soils are buzzing with life, criss-crossed with a hard-to-fathom ...

A new study has revealed the clearest-ever picture of the surface chemistry of worm species that provides groundbreaking insights into how animals interact with their environment and each other. These ...

How stiff or flexible are the materials? How strong or slimy? Record your findings. Living things in the soil — mainly bacteria, fungi, and worms — break down complex materials like plants into ...

He said, "The more holes they have and the more ragged your buried pants are, the better the soil. Lots of holes mean the bacteria, fungi and worms are doing their thing, as the organisms munch ...