The tropics, where biodiversity and interactions among species abound, provide an alternative view of relationships between ...

Moss and lichen may grow on solid, undisturbed surfaces, such as trees on your property. And though they aren't necessarily ...

Wildlife in the area includes some species you might expect in West Virginia—white-tailed deer leave delicate tracks in soft ...

Imagine walking through a slice of the Arctic tundra while never leaving West Virginia’s embrace. The Cranberry Bog Boardwalk ...

Reindeer, often associated with wintry folklore and Arctic landscapes, are emerging as unexpected warriors in the battle ...

Springtime in Alaska’s high Arctic reveals itself in unique ways. Migrating bowhead whales swim past tiny coastal villages. White-fronted geese paint the skies across the still-white tundra, and waves ...

"It has long been an iconic woodland, known not only for its biology, including some of the rarest species of mosses and lichens that are ... sovereignty in the Arctic," Harris said. " ...

A sudden stratospheric warming event reversed the winds that make up the northern polar vortex on March 9. A new animation shows the vortex also moved away from the Arctic towards Europe.

(AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File) The meteorological station on the NorwegIan island Jan Mayen in the Arctic Sea on Sept. 23, 2009. (Heiko Junge/NTB Scanpix via AP) A group of Vietnamese asylum seekers ...

Competition for food and nest-building material has become so intense in Canada’s central Arctic that many lowland areas once ... and the Environment study cataloged a wide variety of lichens, mosses ...

Published in the journal IMA Fungus, a new study highlights the potential for lichens to survive and function on the Martian surface, challenging previous assumptions about the uninhabitable ...