A paper published in Nature Communications Biology contributes to the growing appreciation for the outsize role that microbes play in everything from human digestion to crop yields: Microbes in the ...

When we walked with a colleague into an aspen forest near Madison, Wisconsin, in the early spring of 2021, we expected to finalize our plans for a research project on several species of insects that ...

Forests are an essential part of Earth’s operating system. They reduce the buildup of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from fossil fuel combustion, deforestation and land degradation by ...

NORTH KITSAP -- Patches of sunlight broke through the leafy canopy in Grovers Creek Preserve, above North Kitsap Heritage Park, as a small crowd stood in a cool, dirt-smelling grove, staring at pink ...