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The police many different ways to criminals. The most well-known are fingerprints, CCTV, and DNA. A new study that moss is to solve crimes. Moss everywhere. Scientists say these tiny plants can big clues in police investigations. The scientists' research is in the latest edition of the journal Forensic Sciences Research. The scientists at all the cases in which moss was used to help crimes. Lead author Dr Matt von Konrat said: "We wanted to the significance of botanical evidence because...investigators may be overlooking it." He added: "We're that our study helps show how important these tiny plants can be."

The earliest reported case of police moss to help in an investigation was in 1929. The amount of moss on a skeleton police know when the person had . In 2013, scientists tiny bits of moss on a man's shoes. This helped to find where the man's baby daughter was buried. Dr von Konrat led a team that the girl's body. He said: "Based on the bits of moss, we knew what sort of micro-habitat we were for." The father was of murder. Study author and forensic scientist Jenna Merkel said: "Through this paper, we to raise awareness of forensic botany." She the police to better how moss can help during investigations.