Meet Takakia lepidozioides, an inconspicuous yet remarkable moss species that has defied the odds through multiple catastrophic climate events, including the one that wiped out the dinosaurs. This ...

You’ve probably heard the phrase “a rolling stone gathers no moss” or look for moss on a tree for the direction north, if you’re lost in the woods (true in most areas except the Northwest where moss ...

Scientists have discovered a species of moss that lives in in Antarctica and the Mojave Desert but is so tough and resilient that it could grow on Mars. Scientists tested samples of Syntichia ...