Learn how scientists found that moss is hiding years of valuable animal and plant DNA, even some from rare species.

Holiday moss is turning out to be more than a rustic backdrop for candles and nativity scenes. By trapping fragments of ...

Moss quietly collects DNA from animals, plants, and microbes, offering a simple way to track biodiversity without harming ...

The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) is warning the public to safely dispose of recently purchased aquarium moss balls after the invasive zebra mussels were discovered inside the ...

Moss has long been treated as background scenery, a green blur on rocks and roofs, yet it is quietly overturning assumptions ...

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 ...

Right now, many of us have a bit of moss sitting in our Christmas decorations at home. Some of us picked it ourselves in the ...

Researchers have established the world's largest collection of moss species for the peat industry and science. Peatlands with their huge diversity of peat moss species store about 30 percent of the ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Scientists have identified a super resilient desert moss species in China's western region of Xinjiang that could help sustain possible colonies on Mars, a study by the Chinese ...

A study by the Chinese Academy of Sciences identified a super resilient desert moss species, Syntrichia Caninervis, that could help sustain possible colonies on Mars. Even after losing more than 98% ...

Researchers in Finland discovered that a mine-grown moss and its microbial partners can remove toxic metals from water ...