The peat soil under Whangamarino Wetland could take hundreds of years to recover after 1039ha of vegetation burned this week.

Bog butter in Ireland is a tradition that dates ... in Irish bogs as a form of food preservation since the acidity of the soil and a lack of oxygen prevented things from spoiling.

That's how Micheal Boyle's story went. Boyle was conducting work on his farm in County Donegal, when he found what turned out to be an ancient slab of bog butter. In ancient times, dairy or animal ...

In western Greenland, eight mummies of people who died in the 15th century were discovered at a cliff site called Qilakitsoq in 1972. The most famous mummy is that of a 6-month-old boy; he and his ...

including sandy soil and abundance of fresh water. Andres Gomez’s face, framed by a hood, was aglow with warm, reflective ...

Local expertise is driving the restoration of North Carolina’s peatlands, boosting natural defenses against rising seas and ...

But the heart of the bog is treeless because decomposing moss and rainwater create an acidic soil that's tough on trees. It's an unusual combination of conditions that provides home to an equally ...

During the growing season, the bog remains dry; it is only during harvest time that farmers flood the bog. This controlled flooding raises the water level just above the cranberry vines ...

While acknowledging that these carbon-rich soils were "irreplaceable", energy secretary Rebecca ... New wind farm gets green ...

ROCHESTER — Olmsted County voters have two soil and water supervisor seats listed on their Nov. 5 ballots, but only one candidate listed on the ballot. Joseph Himmer, whose farm is located northeast ...