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Dec. 19, 2022 —Researchers call for better monitoring of soil invertebrates after new research, collating 100 years of data, suggests significant and previously undetected declines in UK earthworm abundance could ...
May 12, 2021 —Earthworms improve the soil by aerating it, breaking down organic matter and mineralizing nutrients. Now, researchers have dug up another possible role: reducing the number and relative abundance of ...
Mar. 29, 2022 —Earthworms introduced into northern North America have a negative impact on the insect fauna above ground. Soil ecologists found this impact for abundance as well as for biomass and species richness ...
June 29, 2021 —Earthworms are special because they keep our soil healthy. From the outside they appear inconspicuous. But what earthworms look like from the inside, from their organs to the microbes and parasites ...
Nov. 16, 2021 —Ant colonies use fluids passed mouth-to-mouth to create a colony-wide metabolism, shows a new ...
Sep. 27, 2022 —Scientists have discovered that a well-preserved fossilized worm dating from 518 million years ago resembles the ancestor of three major groups of living animals. Measuring half-an-inch long, the ...
Oct. 6, 2022 —In a new review article, biology researchers make the case for reevaluating maligned non-native species to consider benefits as well as ...
May 11, 2021 —Network scientists address the effect of team freshness on the originality and multidisciplinary impact of produced work, by systematically investigating prior collaboration relations between team ...
June 21, 2023 —A study has shown that prazosin, a drug used to treat high blood pressure, can prevent post-traumatic ...
Aug. 24, 2022 —A new study identified multiple risk factors, including high utility bills, employment hardship, and medical hardship, that may lead to food insecurity among mothers of young ...