In what might be the coolest solution to "how to find fossils", a new study has revealed how we can take to the skies when trying to find dinosaur remains all thanks to vibrant orange-colored lichens. Two species ( Rusavskia elegans and Xanthomendoza trachyphylla ) were found to grow across as much as 50 percent of exposed fossil bones, but only grew on less than 1 percent of the surrounding rock fragments. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

Searching for exposed fossils in the landscape? You need only follow the orange-rocked road.

What are lichens?

Lichens aren’t a singular organism but instead a hybrid colony of algae or cyanobacteria living among a fungus. They’ve been known to grow on everything from delicate r

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