Hundreds of plants are protected by the Endangered Species Act, but moss is an underdog. There's only one type that has federal protection, but a group of scientists wants to change that.

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 ...

Extinct moss is being reintroduced across Yorkshire's moors in the fight against climate change. Sphagnum moss can hold 20 times its weight in water and helps create peat bogs, where dead vegetation ...

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 ...

The world’s oldest moss, called Takakia, has persisted in some of Earth’s most extreme environments for millions of years. And despite the fact that this ancient plant is one of the fastest-evolving ...

Many types of mosses live in British Columbia. Prisma by Dukas / Universal Images Group via Getty Images This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ...