From improving our gut microbiome to brain function, healthy and nutritious soil has lots of human health benefits.

A soil expert explains why flooding rice fields in South Florida benefits the agriculture-rich region.

A new study has found that almost a quarter of US households have soil exceeding the Environmental Protection Agency's new lead guidelines.

Farmers and soil scientists are starting to use clever tech to reliably measure changes in soil condition.

The soil and flower bulbs you buy for gardening may contain deadly fungi. "People don't think of tulips as deadly, but they could be."

The new level won’t trigger automatic cleanups, but it sets a lower threshold for taking precautions to reduce lead exposure.

Earthworms act as ecosystem engineers and over centuries, they have shaped the landscape and changed the soils on the Isle of Rum in Scotland. Here’s how.

New research shows how old lead mines are polluting the environment and surrounding wildlife and farmland with legacy contaminants.

My passion for earthworms and ecology led me to continuing Darwin’s experiments in his own ‘back garden’