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 ...

Lichens are typically placed in three main groups based on their body forms and features: crustose (crust-like), foliose (leaf-like), and fruticose (tube or beard-like strands). The growth you are ...

On a brisk Saturday morning at Bradbury Mountain State Park in Pownal, Maine, Park Ranger Jeff Pengel leads a nature walk he’s titled ‘EnLichenment’. And, puns aside, there’s a lot to see here, once ...

AS I'VE written in the past, fungi are a strange bunch – neither plant nor animal, but their own separate biological kingdom.

One of the great infrastructure challenges of the next few decades is to figure out which coastal sites should be abandoned and which can be saved. Lichens can help. By Ian Rose / Hakai Magazine ...

Jan. 19—Found on every continent, lichen is an extraordinary organism adapted to survive in every habitat except seawater. More than just curious growths on rocks and trees, lichen can endure extreme ...

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 ...