At the base of the Santa Ynez mountains, on Montecito’s San Ysidro Road, a very ambitious and beneficial thing is happening. Microbes are thriving, goats are grazing, and children are climbing.

MADISON, WI, JULY 15, 2008— A new book from the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) digs in the dirt to educate kids about the living world of soil. Soil! Get the Inside Scoop explores how soil is ...

A bright yellow flowering plant was growing out of parched soil in the badlands of South Dakota. It seemed hard to believe any plant could grow in the dry soil, let alone produce flowers. The hardy ...

It’s a number thousands of Palisades and Eaton fire survivors have come to depend on: 80 milligrams of lead in each kilogram of soil. Below this concentration, California has historically deemed yards ...

NASA's contest wants kids to design a new robot that could dig and move the moon's soil--similar to what the Artemis program of the space agency is currently doing. The full moon rises over the Bondi ...

A backhoe scrapes 6 inches of dirt at a house on Las Casas Avenue in Pacific Palisades in June. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) It’s a number thousands of Palisades and Eaton fire survivors have ...