It might be any other ordinary car park in Wales. But the maple trees planted around the parking area near Dryslwyn Castle, close to Llandeilo hold a unique and previously undiscovered botanic mystery ...

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A new species of moss has been found growing on 10 maple trees in a Carmarthenshire car park, but experts are in two minds about its origins. Welsh Bristle-moss was discovered near Dryslwyn Castle, ...

Indian scientists have discovered a new plant species in Antarctica. Polar biologists stumbled upon a species of moss during an expedition to the ice-covered continent in 2017. Identification is ...

Moss is ancient. It evolved some 470 million years ago, long before the first dinosaur hatched. It is so rudimentary that it ...

The black grouse now has its own political representative at Holyrood. And it's not alone - a range of species, from whales and wildcats to butterflies and moss, have been adopted by MSPs as part of ...

There are more than 700 species of moss in the UK, so it's hardly surprising that they often appear on garden lawns. Most moss species like shady and damp environments as well as acidic soil. While ...

Scientists have identified that a type of moss could have similar effects to cannabis, currently being investigated for treating cramps, nausea and inflammatory diseases, but with less chance of being ...

The Countryside Council for Wales said Welsh Bristle-moss might have evolved from a genetically similar moss A new species of moss has been found growing on 10 maple trees in a Carmarthenshire car ...