I was just down in New York this past weekend. They are ahead of New England in terms of spring. Lots of trees and shrubs were blooming. There was green grass and dandelion-spotted lawns. In contrast, ...

Experiments on moss grown aboard two Space Shuttle missions showed the plants didn’t behave as scientists expected them to in the near-absence of gravity. The common roof moss (Ceratodon purpureus) ...

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

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

On the clay slopes of ravines, clinging to the rocks in shallow streams, and deep in the cypress domes lie our native mosses. Minute green remnants from the first organisms to ever colonize land, the ...

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

Most outdoor gardening activities have now come to a halt for the winter in Greater Columbus. There just isn’t a lot of gardening to be done right now unless you are tending to some cool-season ...

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 ...

I couldn’t believe how much moss there was covering the rocks, the trees, the ground – everything ...

A new study looks at how microscopic plants have been used as evidence in forensic investigations. Tiny plants such as moss are easy to miss. Many are no larger than an eyelash, and they usually grow ...