Finding dinosaurs is a mixture of knowing where to look and pure luck. It typically involves paleontologists hiking for miles ...

A research team from the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (AIRCAS), in ...

Orange lichens in Canada are guiding scientists to hidden dinosaur fossils, with drones detecting their vivid color ...

What Is Oral Lichen Planus? Oral lichen planus is a long-lasting disease that affects your mouth, causing symptoms such as painful white patches, redness, and swelling. It doesn't go away, but you may ...

Lichen planus is an inflammatory skin condition that causes a rash that is usually itchy. It consists of small, shiny, slightly raised, flat-topped bumps that can be pink or purple in color. Lichen ...

A 410-million-year-old fossil shows ancient lichens were shaping Earth’s surface long before forests took root.

Lichen sclerosus is an uncommon, long-term skin condition where small patches of skin become thin and colorless. The condition can affect any part of the body but most often occurs in the skin around ...

Oral lichen planus can cause white lesions to appear in your mouth, often on the insides of your cheeks. It may result from an infection, certain medications, or other health conditions. Lichen planus ...

Lichens are mostly unaffected by low-severity fires. In severely burned areas, nearly all the lichen were gone, even 16 years after a fire. As increasingly hot and severe wildfires scorch the West, ...

Lichen nitidus is an eruption of tiny, flesh-colored bumps on your skin. It’s a harmless condition that usually goes away on its own within a year. It used to be considered a variant of lichen planus, ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. An upside to all this rain? The lichens are loving it. Grey curls of lichen have appeared on the craggy branches of an old Brugmansia in ...