Tag: decomposition
Your microbes live on after you die − a microbiologist explains...
Jennifer DeBruyn, University of Tennessee
Each human body contains a complex community of trillions of microorganisms that are important...
Beyond flora and fauna: Why it’s time to include fungi in...
Matt Kasson, West Virginia University; Brian Lovett, West Virginia University, and Patricia Kaishian, Bard College
It’s no secret that...
Plants might be able to tell us about the location of...
Neal Stewart, University of Tennessee
The notion of plants talking to us about dead people sounds like a bad horror movie. But that’s the theme...
Rotting feral pig carcasses teach scientists what happens when tons of...
Brandon Barton, Mississippi State University and Abby Jones, Mississippi State University
The unprecedented wildfire raging across Australia is not only destroying human lives, but has...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
