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, ...

1 Group of Research in Ecology-MRC Abitibi (GREMA), Forest Research Institute, University of Québec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Amos, QC J9T 2L8, Canada; sanghyun.kim@uqat.ca (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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

HAYWARDS HEATH, England (AP) — Deep underground beneath the Sussex countryside in southern England, millions of seeds are kept frozen in a vault built to withstand fire, flooding, and any other ...

In the 1900s, many varieties of seeds were available through catalogs of producers with a vast genetic code to allow gardeners to truly pick the perfect plant for their farm or garden. Through the ...

In Malaysia, farmers and communities across generations have engaged in the age-old practice of preserving seeds as a means of protecting traditional agricultural heritage. However, the practice of ...

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 ...