The London institution’s new show features a variety of works that emphasise the wonder and critical importance of dirt ...

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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 ...

Worms, Darwin concluded, did not merely move soil around ... are joined together by a vast network of fungi, so that a plant attacked by a pest or fungal disease can dial up exactly the microbe or ...

Farmyard manure (FYM) is a valuable resource in any grassland system but for an organic farm whose only other input sources are magnesium lime ...

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 ...

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Nematodes, or worms, are found in nearly every environment on Earth, including inside animals, soil, plants ... and provide a barrier against bacteria, which are essential for their survival.