Desert conditions are harsh, and mosses often spend much of the year in a dormant condition, desiccated and brown, until rain comes. Researchers discovered two species of moss that found a hiding ...

So far in this series, pretty much every material we’ve covered has had to undergo a significant industrial process to transform it from its natural state to a more useful product. Whether it’s the ...

Living under a translucent rock can be quite comfortable—if you're a moss in the Mojave Desert. A graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, found that some mosses in the California ...