I know many of us want winter to come to an end, but I would like just one more good snowstorm. I love all seasons, but I need a little more of that winter bleakness in the woods, primarily to help me ...

The patches of lichen you’ve probably seen growing on tree trunks and park benches might be easy to overlook, but they’re actually some of the world’s strangest living things. While they're sometimes ...

What am I going to do with these kids, I wondered. I had agreed to oversee an after-hours science club at a local elementary school to teach a bunch of third graders about ecology. I had been looking ...

Lichens — small but complex organisms — can grow nearly anywhere, but new species usually are found in hard-to-reach places far from urban areas. Yet Erin Tripp recently found two confirmed ...

Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part “What’s on my tree?” series about organisms that are commonly found growing on trees in Louisiana. Read the first part at https://www.lsuagcenter.com.

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Hakai Magazine. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The clock is ticking for many low-lying coastal areas. Sea level is ...

Neil Sperry explains why apparent bark damage may just be harmless lichen, and he answers questions about buffalograss and ...