Scientists have discovered 148 lichen species in Odisha’s Simlipal forests, many with anticancer, antimicrobial and ...

Not every biologist is fortunate enough to discover two new species on the very campus where they teach, but Florida Gulf Coast University professor and researcher William Sanders did just that ...

In Odisha’s protected Simlipal forest, scientists have uncovered biological wealth. Similipal National Park in the Mayurbhanj ...

Researchers found 148 lichen species in Odisha's Similipal National Park, a state record. The discovery includes Physciella ...

Lichen is everywhere. It grows on sidewalks, rocks, trees, roofs and undistributed soil and in frigid tundras, arid deserts and even contaminated environments. You just have to look for it, says ...

Researchers with the Nature Trust of New Brunswick are on the hunt for four different types of lichens and they’ve found one – in an unusual spot. The scaly fringe lichen, known scientifically as ...

Most planetary scientists agree that Mars’ extreme conditions would be uninhabitable to life as we know it. New research, however, suggests that we might be underestimating the hardiness of lichens.

A University of Colorado Boulder scientist unexpectedly discovered two lichen species new to science in the same week while conducting research in Boulder Colorado, near the city’s eastern limits.

Manzitto-Tripp is an associate professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. She’s also the curator of botany at the school’s Museum of Natural ...

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