THE MOSS WITH TWO BACKS:

British Moss Breaks Century of Celibacy (John Pickrell, January 23, 2003, National Geographic News)

A rare species of moss, found only in a few European locations, has fruited for the first time in nearly 140 years.

Prior to last fall, when fruiting carpets of Nowell's moss were discovered in a rural area of northwest England, the species hadn't been known to reproduce sexually since 1866.

Cue Carly Simon. Posted by Orrin Judd at January 25, 2003 4:50 PM