Lichens on stone, those "still explosions" as the great American poet Elizabeth Bishop named them, remain unseen to most, ...

Not to be confused with moss, lichens are their own thing — and they actually aren’t plants at all. They’re made up of two or more parts: an algae and a fungus working in close symbiotic ...

Not to be confused with moss, lichens are their own thing — and they actually aren’t plants at all. They’re made up of two or more parts: an algae and a fungus working in close symbiotic ...

Often overlooked as it quietly clings to trees and rocks, lichen is a resilient organism built on a unique symbiosis between fungi and algae or cyanobacteria, that allows it to survive in the most ...

For thousands of years, lichens have quietly shaped Michigan ... They are villages of two creatures—fungi buildings lived in by algae tenants. The fungus protects its delicate inhabitants ...

A vast bloom of toxic algae is killing more than 200 species of marine life off the southern coast of Australia, scientists and conservation groups say. The algae—Karenia mikimotoi—appeared in ...

Sydney (AFP) – A vast bloom of toxic algae is killing more than 200 species of marine life off the southern coast of Australia, scientists and conservation groups say. The algae -- Karenia ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Dozens of marine animals, including an unprecedented number of dolphins, are dying due to a toxic algae bloom now stretching from San Diego to ...

The Florida Department of Health's Palm Beach County office has issued an advisory regarding the presence of blue-green algae in Lake Okeechobee near Pahokee. The algae was located May 7 in the ...

Domoic acid is the toxin responsible for killing hundreds of marine mammals. An "unprecedented" toxic algae bloom has overrun the coast of Southern California, sickening marine animals and ...