Lichens -- a combo of fungus and algae -- can grow on bare rocks, so scientists thought that lichens were some of the first organisms to make their way onto land from the water, changing the planet's ...

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A citizen science project is aiming to document species on the Cowal Peninsula for the first time in 50 years.

Old-growth lichens, including Usnea spp., Flavoparmelia caperata, Evernia prunastri, Parmelina coleae., and Parmelia sp., attach themselves to a tree branch at the Quail Ridge Reserve. A UC Davis ...

A research team from the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (AIRCAS), in collaboration with Argentina's Center for Advanced Studies in Earth Sciences and ...

I know many of us want winter to come to an end, but I would like just one more good snowstorm. I love all seasons, but I need a little more of that winter bleakness in the woods, primarily to help me ...

They are chartreuse and vivid orange, velvety black and speckled red. They are shaped like ruffles, flowers, golf tees, tiny volcanoes, and even letters. And most people never notice them. Those who ...

The planet may be warming too quickly for tiny organisms called lichens to adapt, according to new research. Lichens are widespread plant-like organisms often seen growing on rocks, trees, and ...

A study has found that warming global temperatures are causing irreversible bleaching in certain Arctic lichen species, ...

Lichens growing on substrates with different chemical properties have a different spectrum of secondary metabolites. This is probably how lichens adapt to unfavorable conditions - low pH of the ...

Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part “What’s on my tree?” series about organisms that are commonly found growing on trees in Louisiana. Read the first part at https://www.lsuagcenter.com.

Go ahead, step into the woods. Try a trail or the edges of a meadow, maybe, at Mohegan Park north of Norwich, or in a woodland near you. A frontier of marvels fans out ahead, spangled with mystery.