phytoremediation (use of plants to clean up contaminated soil, water and air) and provide a habitat for fish and other ...

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Like something straight out of a Disney movie, a new study reveals how gophers worked to save Mount St. Helens after the 1980 ...

“If you extract all the DNA, you have DNA from living organisms and also DNA that can represent organisms that just died or ...

The discovery could pave the way to starving antibioitc-resistant bacteria without new drugs or harmful chemicals.

The Atacama Desert harbors unique desert life with diverse microbes.New techniques separate genetic material in low-biomass ...

A new technique allows researchers to separate external and internal DNA to identify microbes colonizing the hostile environment of the Atacama Desert.

Animals and plants also live and thrive on public squares. This creates opportunities for greater biodiversity and well-being ...

Cabbage nematodes are one of the most damaging pests affecting cabbage and other cruciferous crops since they cause stunted ...

Dirk Schulze-Makuch is a scientist who thinks NASA's Viking landers could have inadvertently destroyed the life they were ...

Tom Harries, CEO and founder of Earth Funeral, explains the process of being turned into soil in about 30 days — and how your ...