Not every biologist is fortunate enough to discover two new species on the very campus where they teach, but Florida Gulf Coast University professor and researcher William Sanders did just that ...

Introduction -- About Lichen Study Guide for Oklahoma and Surrounding States -- About Lichens -- Importance of Lichens -- Finding and collecting Lichens -- Observing and documenting Lichens -- ...

Diversity and Distributions, Vol. 28, No. 9 (September 2022), pp. 1810-1819 (10 pages) Aim: Understanding ecological distributions of global biodiversity is stymied by incomplete knowledge of drivers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. April Windle from the British Lichen Society has been studying lichen for more than a decade [BBC] "I love lichens. I really do." ...

A collection-based survey of lichen species at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah, USA and Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station in Nunavut, Canada was conducted as part of the Mars-160 mission ...

A University of Colorado Boulder scientist unexpectedly discovered two lichen species new to science in the same week while conducting research in Boulder Colorado, near the city’s eastern limits.

Researchers with the Nature Trust of New Brunswick are on the hunt for four different types of lichens and they’ve found one – in an unusual spot. The scaly fringe lichen, known scientifically as ...

All plants and lichens listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act are sensitive to climate change but there are few plans in place to address this threat directly, according to a new study ...

Most planetary scientists agree that Mars’ extreme conditions would be uninhabitable to life as we know it. New research, however, suggests that we might be underestimating the hardiness of lichens.

"I love lichens. I really do." Which is fortunate, as April Windle is currently peering down a magnifying lens on a muddy bank in the middle of a slightly damp New Forest. "I've been lucky enough to ...