The natural world is a finely-tuned balance of biotic (living) and abiotic (nonliving) components that shape our environments. Various biotic factors directly affect processes like population growth, ...

Josh Hartwig is the host of Discover Nature and a media specialist for the Missouri Department of Conservation.

Nitrospirae and Acidobacteria were beneficial microorganisms in all treatments. Figure 7. Species composition of soil bacteria and fungi at Phylum level under different planting patterns. Capital (A,B ...

Each year, most species of bacteria in a Wisconsin lake rapidly evolved, apparently in response to dramatically changing seasons, and then evolved back. Like Bill Murray in the movie "Groundhog ...

Micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs), plastic particles and fibers sized from nanometers (≥ 1 nm) to micrometers (≤ 5 mm), have emerged as critical environmental pollutants. While their impact on marine ...