Mosses aren't known for their distinct smell like flowers. But new research shows mosses attract microscopic creatures to help with fertilization using the same trick as their more fragrant relatives.

Researchers at Portland State University said Wednesday they have discovered how mosses can use chemical cues to recruit small creatures to help with fertilization, through a process similar to ...

Glutamate receptors play a central role in the human nervous system. Scientists estimate 90 percent of the human brain's synapses, or connections between neurons, send signals using glutamate. The ...

I was just down in New York this past weekend. They are ahead of New England in terms of spring. Lots of trees and shrubs were blooming. There was green grass and dandelion-spotted lawns. In contrast, ...

After more than a century of speculation by biologists, a lab test has shown that mosses have their own animal-courier system for sperm that’s similar to pollination, researchers say. Mosses don’t ...

Lichens and mosses live everywhere they can! They prefer moist areas, and happily live in aquatic and marine environments. By the ocean, lichen forms vivid orange streaks on sea-side rocks. In ...

The reproduction process is essentially the same in humans, animals and most plants. Both female and male organisms are required to contribute to the phenomenon. A new joint Tel Aviv ...

It’s not Armageddon, just moss reproduction. On sunny days, scientists now realize, mushroom-shaped clouds routinely explode out of beds of sphagnum moss. Researchers captured the very tiny, very fast ...