Scientists at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH) have developed an app for researchers and keen lichen spotters ...

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 ...

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.

“You didn’t ask us the question everyone asks,” said Erin Manzitto-Tripp. “What do lichen do?” Manzitto-Tripp is an associate professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of ...

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

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.

One of the great infrastructure challenges of the next few decades is to figure out which coastal sites should be abandoned and which can be saved. Lichens can help. By Ian Rose / Hakai Magazine ...

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 ...

Researchers found 148 lichen species in Odisha's Similipal National Park, a state record. The discovery includes Physciella melanchra, new to India, and others with potential anti-cancer compounds ...

A collection-based survey of lichen species at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah, USA and Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station in Nunavut, Canada was conducted as part of the Mars-160 mission ...