As the afternoon breezes blow harder in the Atacama Desert—a place so desolate it’s used as a model of Mars—more microbes move into its driest regions.

Insects in the soil are difficult to monitor, but listening in on the noises they make could help farmers detect pest infestations and improve estimates of biodiversity.

The chemical process may make the metal more soluble and move it closer to the Earth’s surface.

The nephew of Lily Pereg, a microbial ecologist at the University of New England in Australia, has been arrested on homicide charges.

Ancient bones from Ireland reveal that farming has changed nitrogen composition in land for the last 3,000 years.

Soil scientists use a gas-producing reporter system to assess gene activity in bacteria.

The agency denies instructing staff to avoid particular terms.

A single raindrop falling on dry soil can spray a mist carrying thousands of microbes into the atmosphere.