First-of-its-kind research shows how "ecoacoustics" can help scientists monitor the health of soils by using underground critter concerts.

Healthy soil is teeming with life. An astonishing 59% of Earth's species live in soil. They play crucial roles in maintaining soil health and, by extension, the health of our planet.

The researchers investigated how acoustic stimulation affected a soil-resident, plant-growth-promoting fungus and whether it’s possible to use sound to restore a damaged ecosystem.

A new Dust Bowl? Without conservation programs, it could happen soon. by Liz Carlisle, opinion contributor - 04/29/25 1:30 PM ET ...

Fish communicate using sound, but conservation laws often ignore their voices, acoustic habitats, and behaviors.

Dr. Hugh Hammond Bennett, (2nd from left), first Chief of the Soil Conservation Service and others at the site of the Nation's first watershed project in Coon Vally, Wisconsin.

Soil conservation’s roots. On April 14, 1935, one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl rolled over the landscape. Black Sunday covered an area about 800 miles long and about 300-500 miles wide, ...

These conservation-minded Illinois farmers are in a race against climate change to save their soil “It’s about leaving something for tomorrow,” says Jake Lieb, 41, who is among a small but ...