As the early morning sunlight lasers over the horizon, autumn tumbles in amid flurries of fluttering leaves, glowing golden, orange-y, and scarlet. Fall has arrived, yet the weather remains quite warm ...

When people notice lichens on their trees, shrubs and other plants, they become concerned that they have problems. But they shouldn’t worry, says LSU AgCenter plant scientist Raj Singh. “Lichens are ...

In what might be the coolest solution to "how to find fossils", a new study has revealed how we can take to the skies when ...

With wispy tufts that drape trees like haunted-house cobwebs, old man’s beard lichen can be an unexpected sight in northern ...

This group of lichens is so “happy” on the lid of a nest box that it is growing the cup-like reproductive structures that will allow it to send offspring out into the world. Credit: File Sign up for ...

The cold of a real winter has finally descended upon us. We have not had many days this season when the temperature has gone into the subzero range, and when it did it was of short duration. Now, in ...

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