A newly discovered species raises hope that some native British habitats could be restored.

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 ...

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have identified a previously unknown protein that may help explain how plants ...

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 moss species act like natural sponges, absorbing several times their own weight in water and releasing it slowly over time ...