Tag: soil

In Michigan, small localized populations of wild pigs are disturbing native forest vegetation — altering rare plant communities and soil chemistry — at least in the short term, researchers found....

Mockingbirds (Mimus polyglottos) are known to be a territorial species, but researchers recently found that the presence of lead in the environment can make them even more territorial and aggressive....

A compound in soil could play an important role in combating chronic wasting disease by degrading the prions that cause the lethal disease in cervids, researchers found. CWD has infected...