KUNMING -- A research team has discovered a new lichen genus on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which is known as the "roof of the ...

Lichens are characteristic elements of temperate and tropical forests. We are studying the spatial patterns of lichen species richness and community composition along different scales, from individual ...

He points out that tardigrade biodiversity is so understudied that “it’s not so hard to find new species,” but he adds that the citizen science approach was “very innovative.” He also notes that a lot ...

After nearly 100 years of study, the consensus by the 21st century was that the lichens of the Smokies were a known quantity. Biologists estimated that the 463 species that had been documented in ...

Two new lichen species have been discovered at Horton Plains by botanists. Scientifically named Anzia mahaeliyensis and Anzia flavotenuis, these will upgrade the endemic checklist of Sri Lankan ...

We are focusing on the ecology, biogeography and taxonomy of poorly known but species-rich groups (e.g. the family Verrucariaceae). Fieldwork is being carried out in Europe, tropical areas in Costa ...

Their diversity, in fact, is amazing with more than 900 known lichen species in Georgia. One hardwood tree may harbor more than 30 species. But what makes lichens most fascinating is that each ...

They now have samples connecting tardigrade species with the moss and lichen species where they were found. This will help researchers determine which species of mosses and lichens are tardigrades ...

In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners -- and huge ...

Its populations are found on the coast, near Laguna Tortuguero, in Vega Baja, and in the mountains, by the Maricao State ...

Their wildlife experts managed with the aid of ID apps, internet and books to attribute two lichens found there to the genus cladonia, the reindeer mosses, although not to a particular species.