A team of researchers have demonstrated how moss can act as a forensic ‘fingerprint’ when confirming details about a crime ...

Moss is ancient. It evolved some 470 million years ago, long before the first dinosaur hatched. It is so rudimentary that it ...

Moss may look insignificant, but it can carry a hidden forensic fingerprint. Because different moss species thrive in very ...

Matt von Konrat, Head of Botanical Collections at the Field Museum in Chicago and corresponding author of the paper, ...

Forensic botany has traditionally focused on flowering plants and pollen, while bryophytes have received little systematic attention despite their ubiquity, persistence, and distinctive morphological ...

After several years of planning, students at University of Wisconsin will have the opportunity to learn how to use forensic botany skills to solve criminal cases. After a successful test-run during ...

The field of forensic botany is being advanced with the publication of two recent studies that use marijuana DNA to link drug supplies and pollen DNA to aid in forensic investigations. Sam Houston ...

Two CU-Boulder faculty cook up book to help crime investigators. Two longtime University of Colorado Boulder professors who have been using their expertise for decades to help solve crimes, often ...

HUNTSVILLE, TX (02-29-16) -- Sam Houston State University is advancing the field of forensic botany with the publication of two recent studies that use marijuana DNA to link drug supplies and pollen ...

Two longtime University of Colorado Boulder professors who have been using their expertise for decades to help solve crimes, often murder, have teamed up on a new forensic plant science book expected ...