If you were walking down the brick path between the Regis Center for Art and the Barbara Barker Center for Dance on Thursday ...

Whether anything ever lived on Mars is unknown. And the present environment, with harsh temperatures, intense radiation, and ...

For thousands of years, lichens have quietly shaped Michigan’s landscapes—and their work is far from finished.

If you’ve spent a lot of time outdoors in New England, you’ve likely crossed paths with, and probably stepped on, lichens.

Moss and lichen may grow on solid, undisturbed surfaces, such as trees on your property. And though they aren't necessarily ...

Lichens are bizarre structures in which a fungus and an algae or cyanobacteria partner up to form a colony that can survive conditions they never would on their own. They can enter a state of dormancy ...

A TOUGH lifeform could survive the brutal conditions of Mars. That’s the verdict from scientists who spent five hours ...

Not to be confused with moss, lichens are their own thing — and they actually aren’t plants at all. They’re made up of two or more parts: an algae and a fungus working in close symbiotic ...

Although Goward and Björk rarely appear on camer, and their faces are never clearly shown, Lichens Are the Way shows a couple ...

One group of living things that may be able to survive these extreme conditions is lichens, symbiotic associations between ...