There are thousands of species of lichens that grow in many different forms. Some are flat and crusty, some have leaflike structures that protrude outward and some have hairy filaments. While most ...

Lichens survive in a very wide range of habitats worldwide. Amazingly, more than 400 species can be found in Maryland.

Lichens have no roots, no waxy leaves and no way to filter what they absorb. Everything they take in comes directly from the ...

A humble lichen, known as pattar ke phool, plays a crucial yet often unnoticed role in Indian cuisine, particularly in ...

BARIPADA: Research conducted by the department of Biotechnology of Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanjadeo (MSCB) University in Baripada has found important anti-canc ...

Over 150 years ago, a fossilized organism known as Prototaxites emerged as an enigma regarding what early land life may have been like. As an organism that appeared to grow up through Earth’s crust in ...

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These animals have highly unusual diets, evolving to consume anything from toxic plants to venomous arachnids.

Look for a ruby-throated hummingbird in eastern states in summer. See what males and females look like and learn how to feed ...

Wolves killed more than 2,100 reindeer in Finland last year, and herders are blaming the Ukraine war ...

Research into hibernating animals reveals that memory lives in the cell and life is defined by the persistence of embodied ...

Seaweed bathing in Ireland, a trek through Africa’s first designated wilderness quiet park—we asked National Geographic staff ...