There are lots of factors in how quickly organic material decomposes into compost, including creatures called decomposers. Find out what kind of things are part of nature’s clean-up crew. Science Trek ...

With all our monsoon rain, it feels more like a rain forest than a desert around here. Even mushrooms have burst from the wet soil. They remind me to appreciate the overlooked but important workers of ...

Fungi and bacteria are also decomposers. Classifying animals The second trophic level in an ecosystem is relatively easy to identify because these organisms all obtain their energy directly from the ...