Large mammals and exotic plants get all the attention, and conservation efforts are often directed at protecting them. Who who protects our mosses? This often-neglected group of non-vascular lower ...

The earliest case the team found was from 1929, when the growth rate of mosses on a decomposing skeleton helped investigators ...

1. Stand structure, mean tree age, deadwood amount and microclimate all change markedly in the course of natural forest dynamics. The last remaining primeval forests of the temperate forest biome are ...

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

Microhexura montivaga (Spruce-fir Moss Spider) is a federally endangered arachnid endemic to high-elevation montane conifer forests of the southern Appalachian Mountains. The spider is cryptic and ...

Forget your favorite flowers, because we’re talking all about the mean green sporing machines. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we dive into the first few branches of plants’ phylogenetic ...