Chickpeas aren’t the first crop that comes to mind when you think about lunar agriculture. But a new study suggests the ...

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A team of researchers sampling soil beneath a millennia-old conifer in southern Chile found that a single ancient tree can ...

Farmers have long fought a quiet war against the fungi that rot crops in fields and storage sheds. Each year, these diseases ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

The temperate rainforests of the Chilean Coast Range are home to a spectacular array of life: iridescent blue lizards, tiny wild cats called kodkods, and curly vines of waxy red bellflowers. Towering ...

Ancient alerce trees may shelter entire underground ecosystems, with vast fungal networks helping forests cycle nutrients and store carbon.

Almost all plants live in close symbiosis with so-called mycorrhizal fungi—an important symbiosis for absorbing essential ...

Fungal networks in the soil are arguably the basis of much of life on Earth, but they’re understudied and underappreciated in the conservation world. Scientists at the Society for the Protection of ...