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A team of marine researchers discovers over 1,300 underwater rings in the Mediterranean and solves the mystery after years of study. In 2011, a team of scientists led by marine biologist Christine ...

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While not officially a natural product, it contains only eight ingredients, including standouts like saccharomyces ferment filtrate and cladonia stellaris extract, which support the skin’s ...

So, the Nordic creatures mostly live on Cladonia rangiferina —aka reindeer moss—which, strangely, also grows in hot environments like Florida. A staple in the reindeer diet the lichen is ...

In just the last month, Oceana and our allies have protected several important marine habitats around the world. Marine protected areas (MPAs) can help create a “spillover effect” that boosts fish ...

In many cases, they have a crusty or rubbery texture. Some, like the reindeer lichens (Cladonia sp.), tend to resemble mosses very closely, while others, like Usnea and Umbilicaria species, can look ...

Researchers suggest that the reindeer’s eyes are primed to enable them to locate Cladonia rangiferina, a white moss, during the winter, when it would otherwise be most difficult to spot. In the Arctic ...

Reindeer are known to feed on a particular species of lichen named Cladonia rangiferina, often colloquially referred to as “reindeer moss”. The lichen species is in fact not moss, and grows in ...