On a winter walk you will encounter numerous evergreen plants. None is more mysterious or delightful to behold than the lowly lichen. Except for pollution, nothing much disturbs lichens. They grow ...

The clock is ticking for many low-lying coastal areas. Sea level is rising at historic rates, promising to radically redraw the map. But locating precisely which plots will be inundated and which will ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Haley ...

One of the great infrastructure challenges of the next few decades is to figure out which coastal sites should be abandoned and which can be saved. Lichens can help. By Ian Rose / Hakai Magazine ...

On a cool August morning at Fort Snelling State Park, the bright songs of crickets drifted up from tall grasses. In the background, the din of hundreds of cars vibrated on nearby Hwy. 5 and Hwy. 55, ...

Scientists at the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have discovered two new species of lichen moths which is being considered a historic milestone in Indian entomology. The ZSI researchers have ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Hakai Magazine. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The clock is ticking for many low-lying coastal areas. Sea level is ...

Once upon a time, my street used to be loaded with towering, shade-providing tall trees. It was a gorgeous tree-lined street, similar to the reputable Tree City USA award-winning streets throughout ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Researchers in Sri Lanka are studying how atmospheric nitrogen pollution affects lichens as a proxy for vegetation, to better understand how plants ...

A unique long-term study performed by researchers at Umeå University shows that the pendent lichen Usnea longissima has decreased by 42% over 37 years in Skuleskogen National Park, located in High ...

Lichens are nearly everywhere — odd growths that appear as crusty patches and splotches on tree trunks, limbs, rocks, bare soil, stone walls, tombstones, wooden fences. Regardless, lichens often get ...