Fossils & Paleontology

Lichen Paved The Way For Plants And Animals To Thrive On Earth

• Press Release
• January 18, 2026

Radiation

UVC-Intense Exoplanets May Not Be Uninhabitable: Evidence from a Desert Lichen

• Status Report
• June 30, 2025

Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments

Desert Lichen Offers New Evidence For The Possibility Of Life On Other Planets

• Press Release
• June 25, 2025

Nanotechnology & SynBio

Growing Homes On Mars: Autonomous Construction Using Synthetic Lichens

• Press Release
• June 25, 2025

Mars

Lichens Survived A Martian Simulation In A New Study

• Press Release
• April 2, 2025

Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry

UV Photo-degradation of the Secondary Lichen Substance Parietin: A Multi-spectroscopic Analysis in Astrobiology Perspective

• Status Report
• May 27, 2024

Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine

Novel Endolithic Bacteria Of phylum Chloroflexota Reveal A Myriad Of Potential Survival Strategies In The Antarctic Desert

• Status Report
• February 27, 2024

Away Teams & Field Reports

Kevin Hand’s Antarctic Journal 1 March 2005

• Press Release
• March 1, 2005

Away Teams & Field Reports

Kevin Hand’s Antarctic Journal 8 February 2005

• Press Release
• February 8, 2005

Away Teams & Field Reports

Kevin Hand’s Antarctic Journal 20 January 2005

• Status Report
• January 20, 2005

Dale Andersen's Field Reports

Dale Andersen’s 1996 Antarctic Field Research Photo Album Volume 3

• Status Report
• December 20, 1996