AKA worm or spoon moss, this versatile, shiny species looks a bit like shag carpeting and its translucent leaves add to its green color intensity. In sunnier places it will take on golden overtones.

Researchers have established the world's largest collection of moss species for the peat industry and science. Peatlands with their huge diversity of peat moss species store about 30 percent of the ...

A moss lawn is a popular alternative to grass, but there are some pros and cons to consider before deciding if it's the right ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you want a lush green lawn without the maintenance grass requires, consider converting to moss. A dense moss lawn can thrive in ...

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 ...

Meet Takakia lepidozioides, an inconspicuous yet remarkable moss species that has defied the odds through multiple catastrophic climate events, including the one that wiped out the dinosaurs. This ...

Many types of mosses live in British Columbia. Prisma by Dukas / Universal Images Group via Getty Images This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ...

Extinct moss is being reintroduced across Yorkshire's moors in the fight against climate change. Sphagnum moss can hold 20 times its weight in water and helps create peat bogs, where dead vegetation ...