New research published in the journal iScience found that soil pollution was the leading cause of declines among organisms living underground. Read the full article here:

Millions of buried creatures burst forth each spring from beneath the soil of a cemetery in Ithaca, New York. It's not the return of the living dead; it's one of the world's largest aggregations of ground-nesting bees, ravenous for pollen. Read the full article here

Rise Of The Shrubs: What Happened When Scientists Heated A Rocky Mountain Wildlife Meadow By 2c? Read the full article here:

Guardian Film review: Companionship can thrive in the least likely places. Read the full article here:

Can evolution keep up with climate change? Read the full article here:

Warmer winters are impacting mycorrhizal fungi, which impacts plant health. Read the full article: 

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-twenty-years-linked-soil-fungi.html

Microplastics are usually discussed as an ocean problem. But they are also building up in farmland soils, and a new scientific review argues that their impact goes beyond physical pollution. Read the full article here:

When the black death depopulated Europe, abandoned farmland reverted to forest—and plant diversity declined. The lesson may complicate modern calls to simply “let nature take over.” Read the full article here

Scientists fed biochar to cows. Here’s what happened. Read full article here:

Check out two new posts on our blog about fungi. Good news about a Canadian fungal biobank and the development of fungal mycelium into sustainable high protein food products.