For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that certain lichen species can survive Mars-like conditions, including ...

Lichens and mosses follow ... has rapidly spread across the sub-Antarctic Islands from South Georgia to Livingston Island and is now making its way south to the Antarctic Peninsula.

“Even on the Antarctic Peninsula ... Besides the moss, the researchers found lichen, grasses, and red and green snow algae. Many studies in polar regions focus on the loss of sea ice.

The collections contain lichens and lichenicolous fungi from around the world including Britain, Ireland, Antarctic areas, Australia and New Zealand, Sri Lanka and India, and Thailand. Access to some ...

This includes recording data on wildlife such as penguins, whales, seals and seabirds, and studying the mosses and lichens which form Antarctic flora. It will also bring back geological samples ...