Following a lichen sclerosus diet may ease some of the symptoms associated with this chronic skin condition. The condition itself isnt well understood, but some health experts believe its caused by ...

Rock tripe, a lichen in the genus Umbilicaria, grows on rocks and is depicted as a survival food eaten by Donn Fendler while lost on Mount Katahdin. Credit: Anne Favolise There is a scene in the movie ...

CASPER, Wyo. - Scientists say elk are dying again in the Red Rim area of southern Wyoming, apparently from eatin lichen. A biologist with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department says three elk have died ...

LANDER - An elk herd near Rawlins that has lost about 80 animals recently from eating poisonous lichen apparently has moved to safety, state game department officials say. "I feel like this is the ...