In the rainforest of Costa Rica, a soil-dwelling fish with skin-covered eyes maneuvered through the mud. Its small size and underground lifestyle likely helped it go unnoticed — until now.

There are many causes of rainforest deforestation, which leads to loss of habitats, soil erosion, flooding and global warming. International agreements, 'debt for nature' swaps and selective ...

A worm burrows its way through the dark earth, ingesting particles of soil and expelling nutrient-rich casts in a constant forage for food. Charles Darwin described earthworms as one of the most ...

Soil carbon storage is a vital ecosystem service ... For example, destruction of rainforests that hold a significant amount of the carbon stored in terrestrial ecosystems contributes significantly ...

Rainforests have a similar climate all year ... There is only a thin layer of fertile soil so they only need shallow roots to reach the nutrients. They have buttress roots that spread over ...