She says seeds from rare and culturally significant plants will be collected and preserved in off-site cold storage. The cold storage, or seed bank “hubs,” will be duplicated in two locations: the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A longtime garden writer shares the online seed companies she trusts most, based on years of testing flowers, veggies, and ...

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 ...