When people talk about terraforming planets, they don’t usually think of moss as a tool, but perhaps we’ve been underrating ...

Colin Nelson had been locked in a dispute with his neighbours - one of whom said plants don't grow in her garden because the ...

Forests are mystical settings in stories. In real life, those who wander the woods often stumble upon structures, items, and ...

You are one of the most ancient types of land plants—older than flowers, older than grass, older than trees, older even than ...

Pollinators work for free, but they require specific conditions to perform well. It's easy to introduce these elements in ...

The Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens isn’t just a pretty face in Ohio’s capital city—it’s a full-blown escape hatch from reality disguised as a horticultural wonderland. Imagine ...

Detectives are using all kinds of gizmos and gadgets to solve crimes these days, but they're overlooking the lowest of ...

The moss was attached to the International Space Station, fully exposed to the harsh environment of the cosmos. Not only did ...

Mosses thrive in the most extreme environments on Earth, from the peaks of the Himalayas to the sands of Death Valley, the ...

To see, Fujita’s team turned to Physcomitrium patens, a well-studied species moss commonly called spreading earthmoss. They ...

While lunar gardens are still out of reach, the study sheds more light on terrestrial biology that may not be limited to our ...

Plants can be quite tough—they’ll survive forgetful caretakers, aggressive pets, and other potentially life-threatening ...