Some of these may have been caused by the compressing weight of the bog moss above him — or the blades of that milling device ...

Americans consume over 400 million pounds of cranberries annually—20% of which occurs just on the week of Thanksgiving. But ...

Plant scientists at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology have been ...

Around 11,000 years ago, melting ice formed the bog now known as Lindow Moss in northwest England. It stretches across 1,500 acres on the outskirts of Wilmslow, a town in the county of Cheshire.

“We can save the southern bog turtle, but we need to act now.” Photo of bog turtle in its sphagnum moss wetlands habitat is available for media use with appropriate credit. Credit: Nathanael ...

A skylark shimmers towards the heavens, its song spiralling out over the bog. Tadpoles wiggle in peaty water underneath the shadows of skittering pond skaters. The wind rushes over sphagnum moss ...

Peatlands are also important for biodiversity and habitat. As well as the bog flora they support - heathers, peat-forming sphagnum moss, fungi - they provide specific habitat for wildlife.

The Red Moss of Balerno is a wetland or bog - an area where the ground is saturated and the water doesn’t drain away. Most of the UK's bogs (60%) are in Scotland and the moss that grows in bogs ...