There are two opinions that most homeowners have when it comes to moss. Some think it is no better than mold and use certain lawn care practices to control moss in their yard, and are happy to get rid ...

Experiments on moss grown aboard two space shuttle Columbia missions showed that the plants didn’t behave as scientists expected them to in the near-absence of gravity. He and his colleagues noted ...

You’ve probably heard the phrase “a rolling stone gathers no moss” or look for moss on a tree for the direction north, if you’re lost in the woods (true in most areas except the Northwest where moss ...

Forget your favorite flowers, because we’re talking all about the mean green sporing machines. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we dive into the first few branches of plants’ phylogenetic ...

On a recent walk near Echo Cove, I noticed a lovely patch of a club moss sporting dozens of erect spore-bearing “cones.” We have several types of club moss here, but the only one I recognize (so far) ...

Experiments on moss grown aboard two Space Shuttle missions showed the plants didn’t behave as scientists expected them to in the near-absence of gravity. The common roof moss (Ceratodon purpureus) ...