As many as 13,000 moss species are found worldwide, and more than 1,000 species grow naturally in the United States. While ...

With more than 20,000 species of moss worldwide -- they're the most diverse group of plants aside from flowering ones. These species can be divided into two basic categories: Clumping mosses and ...

Actual moss — of which there are over 12,000 species — is a small low-growing plant that's nonvascular and doesn't produce seeds. Moss is a spore-bearing plant, found throughout the world and ...

Takakia, a 390 million-year-old moss, has adapted to life in some of Earth’s harshest environments. But it may not evolve quickly enough to survive the climate crisis.