BERNARDSVILLE - Dorothy Smullen, a teacher and naturalist with New Jersey Audubon’s Scherman Hoffman Wildlife Sanctuary, will ...

Persepolis, the most well-known ancient site in Iran, is being threatened by tiny lichens eating away at the monuments. These organisms tend to grow on surfaces like stone and can slowly break ...

A study by the IBeA research group of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) revealed relatively high concentrations ...

March in the Northland is a month of great changes and a plethora of nature happenings. It is another month when the weather seems to get the most attention. In the beginning, it is still winter; cold ...

Lichens are nearly everywhere — odd growths that appear as crusty patches and splotches on tree trunks, limbs, rocks, bare soil, stone walls, tombstones, wooden fences. Regardless, lichens often ...

KUNMING -- A research team has discovered a new lichen genus on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which is known as the "roof of the ...

While some may regard lichens and mosses as something to get rid of, Andy Brown finds they are remarkably resilient.

We are searching for traits that help to explain why these lichens cope better with aquatic and semi-aquatic conditions compared to terrestrial relatives in order to understand the benefits and ...

The culprit that raises the alarm is usually lichen. It is a common misconception that lichens are parasites that feed on landscape plants. But lichens are actually not harmful to plants.

Zohreh Bozorgmehr, a distinguished figure in cultural heritage and a member of the cultural heritage board for several of Iran’s historical cities, emphasized that lichens on bas-relief carvings and ...

Q: My oak trees are covered in green lichens and light green mossy stuff. I presume they are parasites as my two trees are really suffering. If I pick the green mossy stuff off and it ends up on ...

But let’s not forget the lichens. Fruticose lichens grow on a tamarack branch. A hardy growth on the sides of tree trunks that often appears to be like paint has been on trees all winter.