Carrion is something we choose to stay away from - it looks awful, writhes with insects, and smells really bad. Why would anyone study the remains of dead animals? Aa Aa Aa Carrion, or the remains of ...

An isopod, well-adapted to the harsh conditions of arid-lands, crawls on the desert floor in search of plant litter. New study reveals that in arid ecosystems, larger arthropods such as termites and ...

Explore the mesmerizing process of nature in our video, "Apple Slice Underground Time Lapse." Witness a captivating time ...

The fast-moving decline and extinction of many species of detritivores -- organisms that break down and remove dead plant and animal matter -- may have dire consequences, an international team of ...

Plant species diversity is of great importance for world environment and the sustainability of different ecological niches. This is because biodiversity sets the rate of carbon and nutrient cycling ...

Scavengers might seem scary and unusual, but they play a crucial role in the cycle of life on Earth. These animals feed on ...

1. Despite ample experimental evidence indicating that biodiversity might be an important driver of ecosystem processes, its role in the functioning of real ecosystems remains unclear. In particular, ...

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has studied the role of invertebrates in forest litter decomposition. The study, led by researchers PhD candidate Xiaoyi ZENG and Professor Louise A ASHTON from the ...

Earth's soils store four times more carbon than the atmosphere and small changes in soil carbon storage can have a big effect on atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. A new paper concludes that ...

1. Temporal stability of ecosystem functions is often regulated by the same environmental factors that also shape diversity. Therefore, species diversity, ecosystem functions and their environmental ...