Lavender is starting to grow again, with fresh green shoots emerging around its woody base, and with one simple step, you can help ensure it produces stunning blooms later in the season ...

Soil accounts for almost 10% of the Earth’s surface, and yet for most people, when it comes to gardening and plant care, it remains a mystery. We vaguely know we should improve its health and ...

The morning after Thanksgiving, families in Martinez woke up to a layer of fine white sand blanketing their cars and porches. At her house on a hill near downtown, Jenna Cassel could see smoke ...

"Both andosol and fine sand have extremely different properties, and we utilized these two to get a broader idea of how the behavior of nanoplastics changes with respect to soil composition and ...

If you've ever seen small, cone-shaped pits in fine soil or sand, you've likely found an antlion trap. These pit-building insect larvae hide beneath the surface, waiting to ambush ants and other ...