Holiday moss is turning out to be more than a rustic backdrop for candles and nativity scenes. By trapping fragments of ...

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

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

New findings shed light on the mechanisms behind a natural purification process and identify the key microbial "teammates" ...

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have discovered that moss acts as a natural trap for environmental DNA. This ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Scientists have identified a super resilient desert moss species in China's western region of Xinjiang that could help sustain possible colonies on Mars, a study by the Chinese ...

Mosses were among the first land plants to evolve out of the ocean roughly 450 million years ago. They grow everywhere, from the world’s harshest landscapes to cracks in the sidewalk. This episode of ...

A study by the Chinese Academy of Sciences identified a super resilient desert moss species, Syntrichia Caninervis, that could help sustain possible colonies on Mars. Even after losing more than 98% ...

Old military air samples turned out to be a treasure trove of biological DNA, allowing scientists to track moss spores over ...