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A lichen is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among fungi species in a mutualistic relationship. It's a plantlike organism that forms a low crusty, leaflike, or branching growth on rocks, walls, or trees.
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DEC 01, 2022Microbiology
This exotic new group of fungi includes these odd "earth tongue" organisms / (Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC-BY-SA-4.0)Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2021Technology
Nuclear disasters can be devastating. When these accidents happen, such as Chernobyl in the Ukraine or Fukushima in Japa ...Written By: Ryan VingumMAY 07, 2021Space & Astronomy
While experts agree that most life on Earth would not be able to survive on Mars, NASA researchers have previously sugge ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 29, 2021Earth & The Environment
Just like eavesdropping neighbors, scientists from Quebec's Université-Laval are peeping in on the shocking s ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 24, 2020Microbiology
In 2017, researchers reported that they had identified microbes in Antarctica that could basically survive on only air. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2020Earth & The Environment
Have you ever heard of biocrusts? No, it’s not a new kind of pizza crust. Biocrusts refer to a group of tiny deser ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 08, 2020Earth & The Environment
Did you hear the story of a fungus meeting algae, and they took a lichen to each other? Well, apparently it’s a pr ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 28, 2017Videos
Some environments on our planet can be extremely unwelcoming and you might be surprised that life is even able to surviv ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 13, 2017Videos
The longest documented human life was that of 122 year old Jeanne Calment, who lived from 1875-1997. That may seem like ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 11, 2017Earth & The Environment
When I first walked off the plane onto the red earth of Baltra Island, I immediately got the feeling that I was in anoth ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 23, 2016Plants & Animals
Russia’s Yamal Peninsula in northwestern Siberia, is perhaps the most productive reindeer-herding region in the wo ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 20, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have discovered a surprising new characteristic of one of Earth’s most unusual creatures, the water be ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 26, 2016Microbiology
Researchers have known for a long time (we’re talking 150 years) that lichens exist as part of a symbiotic relatio ...Written By: Kerry EvansFEB 02, 2016Space & Astronomy
Because Mars is a big area of interest right now, especially with NASA and SpaceX wanting to send people to the red plan ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 30, 2015Space & Astronomy
Okay, at first this might seem a little … odd, but once you start learning the details it will start to make sense. So, ...Written By: Andrew J. Dunlop
DEC 01, 2022
Microbiology
This exotic new group of fungi includes these odd "earth tongue" organisms / (Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC-BY-SA-4.0)
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2021
Technology
Nuclear disasters can be devastating. When these accidents happen, such as Chernobyl in the Ukraine or Fukushima in Japa
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
MAY 07, 2021
Space & Astronomy
While experts agree that most life on Earth would not be able to survive on Mars, NASA researchers have previously sugge
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 29, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Just like eavesdropping neighbors, scientists from Quebec's Université-Laval are peeping in on the shocking s
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 24, 2020
Microbiology
In 2017, researchers reported that they had identified microbes in Antarctica that could basically survive on only air.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Have you ever heard of biocrusts? No, it’s not a new kind of pizza crust. Biocrusts refer to a group of tiny deser
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 08, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Did you hear the story of a fungus meeting algae, and they took a lichen to each other? Well, apparently it’s a pr
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 28, 2017
Videos
Some environments on our planet can be extremely unwelcoming and you might be surprised that life is even able to surviv
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 13, 2017
Videos
The longest documented human life was that of 122 year old Jeanne Calment, who lived from 1875-1997. That may seem like
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 11, 2017
Earth & The Environment
When I first walked off the plane onto the red earth of Baltra Island, I immediately got the feeling that I was in anoth
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 23, 2016
Plants & Animals
Russia’s Yamal Peninsula in northwestern Siberia, is perhaps the most productive reindeer-herding region in the wo
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 20, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have discovered a surprising new characteristic of one of Earth’s most unusual creatures, the water be
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 26, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers have known for a long time (we’re talking 150 years) that lichens exist as part of a symbiotic relatio
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
FEB 02, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Because Mars is a big area of interest right now, especially with NASA and SpaceX wanting to send people to the red plan
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 30, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Okay, at first this might seem a little … odd, but once you start learning the details it will start to make sense. So,
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop