A Michigan scientist participated in a worldwide study that found mosses have potential to store massive amounts of carbon in the soil beneath them.

A moss leaf is only one cell thick, lacking a protective cuticle to shield it from the elements. Mosses have rudimentary structures called rhizoids that help them hold on to a surface, but not ...

Some mosses even use the ammonia from car exhaust as a nutrient, while others bind heavy metals and metabolize fine dust.

The world’s oldest moss has seen four mass extinctions — but may not survive climate change. The genus Takakia has the highest number of fast-evolving genes of any moss, researchers report ...

Antarctic mosses grow at a rate of just one millimeter per year and can withstand life on one of the harshest environments on Earth.

Drug-sniffing dogs are an accepted part of our modern world. In the near future, could pollution-sniffing mosses be equally common? Although plants seem inactive compared to animals, a team led by ...

When I first learned about mosses (the bryophytes) back in college, we were told that this is why they need to be in wet environments, that mosses need a thin film of water so that their sperm can ...

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Take a moment to consider the natural beauty of mosses – and their history as some of the most intrepid explorers in Earth’s history.

Mosses, liverworts, ferns and algae may offer an exciting new research frontier in the global challenge of protecting crops from the threat of disease.