California is employing worms and microbes to transform livestock manure into valuable fertilizer. This natural process ...

Which plants like peat-based compost, and which flourish more with manure? Get the dirt on this nutrient-rich soil additive.

These natural materials form a biofilter that may dramatically cut the methane, nitrous oxide, and water pollution generated ...

Stocked in the 1940s to supplement walleye and pike, smallmouth bass quietly took over the Minnesota–Ontario Boundary Waters.

The poop-gravity relationship goes way deep. OR The unassuming lugworm releases gravity-defying poop—something that represents a broader theme in the shape of all poop.

Ask a child to draw some poo, and the shape will invariably be the same: a coil, broad at the base and pointy at the top, similar to a spiral swirl of soft-serve ice cream. In fact, the often-used poo ...

We are now in our gardens installing new plants, weeding, and applying mulch. As we move soil, we inevitably encounter earthworms. Since introduced jumping worms have been reported across Vermont, ...

Sustainable agriculture aims to produce food while protecting the environment, communities, and animal welfare. However, the heavy reliance on chemical pesticides and fertilizers, while boosting ...