Throughout the 10,000 years that humans have engaged in agriculture, we've saved seeds from one year to the next for growing our own food. But since professional seed companies have taken over that ...

Step into the glass flowers exhibit at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, and you’ll be stunned. The 4,300 intricate glass models that represent 780 species—including orchids, pitcher plants, ...

Operating on nearly 900 acres in Decorah, the Seed Savers Exchange preserves plant varieties by saving and sharing seeds – and their stories. Since 2000, local musicians have lent their talents to ...

1 Group of Research in Ecology-MRC Abitibi (GREMA), Forest Research Institute, University of Québec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Amos, QC J9T 2L8, Canada; [email protected] (S.K.); 2 Center for Forest ...

(CNN) — Inside a Mojave aster flower, a tiny bee is fast asleep. At night, the pale lavender petals close, providing a safe resting place. In the morning, as birdsong rings out across the desert, the ...

The Cleveland Seed Bank hosted a seed-saving seminar on Aug. 3 at the Lorain Public Library’s Main Branch. Danielle Jacobs of the Cleveland Seed Bank enjoys gardening and learning about the process of ...

We live at a critical time in terms of biodiversity, when 93% of the Earth’s vegetable varieties have gone extinct. Sefra Alexandra, also known as the Seed Huntress, is on a quest to revive and save ...

This year’s World Food Prize winners say preserving crop diversity with seeds stored in their so-called "doomsday vault" in the Arctic Circle will be critical to countries' ability to feed their ...

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet initiative has ...