Buried alongside the famous Ötzi the Iceman are at least 75 species of bryophytes -- mosses and liverworts -- which hold clues to Ötzi's surroundings, according to a new study. Buried alongside the ...

Modern Farmer: What motivated you to start Mountain Moss? ‘Every time I see the bulldozers, my heart aches for all of the plants that got destroyed.’ Annie Martin: I had a two-pronged stimulus. Number ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A volunteer team at the California Academy of Sciences has reached a milestone in its research collection. The academy now has more than 100,000 specimens of a plant group called ...

Moss growing in your lawn signals several problems including poor, acidic soil, not enough sunlight, and too much moisture.

Large mammals and exotic plants get all the attention, and conservation efforts are often directed at protecting them. Who who protects our mosses? This often-neglected group of non-vascular lower ...

Forget your favorite flowers, because we’re talking all about the mean green sporing machines. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we dive into the first few branches of plants’ phylogenetic ...

Bryophytes are an important part of our environment, but in the tropics, there’s still much to learn about them. Vanessa Crooks Bryophytes in the tropics are threatened due to lack of information and ...

Moving to an island may not be good for your libido — if you’re a moss, new research shows. While humans may react differently to that balmy island air, mosses that get to remote islands tend to lose ...

Researchers have developed a method to evaluate atmospheric conditions using mosses (bryophytes) in urban areas, a development that could facilitate broader evaluations of atmospheric environments.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The development of a complete understanding of how plants interact with the environment at the cellular level is a crucial step in advancing ...

The National Cancer Institute's record of bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts) screened for biologically active chemicals is reviewed. In 1977, an extract of a moss from Maryland, ...