Globally, land degradation and drought are accelerating, putting ecosystems, economies and communities at increasing risk.

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When you pick up a handful of dirt from your garden, you are holding more living organisms than there are people on Earth. Underneath your feet is another world of living organisms—eating each other, fighting for resources, working together to survive.

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A small room in the University of Regensburg is home to more than 50 boxes of black, strikingly slender ants.

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According to new research, information regarding soil health is often too generalised. Locally sourced data will help farmers use the best practices for their land.

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Food production doesn't have to be a victim of climate change. New research from Michigan State University suggests that crop yields and the global food supply chain can be preserved by harnessing the critical, and often overlooked, partner in food supply -- soil.

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Soil is the largest terrestrial carbon pool, accounting for over three times more carbon than all plants on earth.