Trees felled at a national park in Devon during Storm Darragh are helping support insects, conservationists have said. Exmoor ...

They are one the rarest beetles in the UK and a sign of a healthy rainforest. Known colloquially as ‘stinky sticta’, this lichen has really ... grows on old hazel trees. As well as having ...

We are studying the spatial patterns of lichen species richness and community composition along different scales, from individual trees up to the landscape level. We are focusing on species in the UK ...

A LICHEN success story is being celebrated in an ancient rainforest. The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority has been working to restore lost lichens in Cwm Gwaun, an area known for its ...

Sulphur dioxide pollution comes from coal burning and industry. This pollutant has killed many lichens around the UK in the past, but now because we burn less coal, they are beginning to return. In ...

But let's not forget the lichens. A hardy growth on the sides of tree trunks that often appears to be like paint has been on trees all winter. In the cold and dry winter air, they persist throughout.

Fruticose lichens grow on a tamarack branch. A hardy growth on the sides of tree trunks that often appears to be like paint has been on trees all winter. In the cold and dry winter air ...

The Trouble With Lichen by John Wyndham captured ... many samples growing on Chislehurst Common trees. Please contact [email protected].

Because they were well camouflaged against the lichen-covered trees, they were better able to avoid predation. During the nineteenth century pollution killed off some of the lichens and soot ...

Temperate rainforest habitat used to cover swathes of Britain, the island of Ireland and the Isle of Man (Alamy/PA) Atlantic temperate rainforest is one of the UK’s precious habitats. Native trees ...