Mining their own business
This post on Scottish Pollinators (5 February 2024) explores the amazing job invertebrates do in sustaining our global soil ecosystem, and this includes the fascinating part played by mining bees.
How soils changed life on Earth
This article in The Conversation (17 April 2023) traces the evolution of soils and their critical role for life on earth.
Underground influencers
This Scottish Pollinators post (28 April 2022) explores the world of the earthworm.
Flesh-eating bugs: beetles turn death into life
This fascinating article in the Conversation (June 22, 2021) explores the world of soil and life cycle of carrion beetles, and their vital role in stabilising soil biology. This is essential if the soil system is to act as a carbon sink and help reduce atmospheric carbon emissions.
The Royal Highland Showcase 2021 – countryside and learning resources
Visit the main page, and also the RHET Discovery Centre for a range of countryside learning resources.