Medicinal cannabis products have boomed in popularity over the last few years, and now scientists have confirmed a native species of liverwort shares some of its elements. Scientists and iwi have been ...

Plants survive climate change using genetic variations. Scientists studied Marchantia polymorpha to find key adaptation ...

Scientists also declared several other extinctions, including the first documented plant extinction in New Hampshire.

Perhaps the post-war period will provide opportunities for detailed ecological studies—the relation of a moss or liverwort to its substrate, its reactions with other plants, and particularly of ...

For more than 150 years, scientists have debated whether Prototaxites—which stood roughly 24 feet tall and 3 feet wide—were an early lichen or fungus, like a “giant mushroom” ...

One day, late in January, a friend and I watched two Steller sea lions swimming near Pt. Louisa. One of them held a front flipper high above the water for several minutes. We often see this behavior, ...

Speciation is the process by which a single species gives rise to two daughter species, which are genetically distinct and eventually unable to interbreed. Speciation can occur as a result of ...

Scottish Government cuts to nature spending of tens of millions of pounds over the last decade threaten restoration projects.

The scientists behind the discovery say wairuakohu – an endemic type of liverwort that has grown in our wilderness for millions of years – won’t get people high, and warn “bio-pirates ...

A tiny tidal island is a sought-after spot for loved-up Valentines and boasts stunning coastal views. Llanddwyn Island (Ynys Llanddwyn) is located off the coast of Anglesey in Wales, and is known ...