Director Mohammad Rasoulof knew his clandestine shooting of 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' in Iran could have led to an ...

We spend most of the hour with Simon Parkin, author of "The Forbidden Garden: The Botanists of Besieged Leningrad and their Impossible Choice." The book tells the extraordinary and true story of the ...

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway holds millions of seeds from thousands of species of agricultural plants, but this ...

Two-thirds of the world’s food comes today from just nine plants: sugar cane, maize (corn), rice, wheat, potatoes, soybeans, ...

Studies suggest that plant species are going extinct at approximately 500 times the natural or background rate of extinction.

Pando is the world's largest tree. Its name means "I spread" in Latin, and it does indeed spread: The organism has given rise ...

Wake Forest, the No. 1 overall seed in the 2023 NCAA tournament, matched up with five-seed LSU in the Men's College World Series semifinals. The Tigers and Demon Deacons were the only two teams to ...

"Gene banks are ramping up efforts to back-up seed collections, and we are proud to support them by providing a safe haven in Svalbard." The Svalbard vault, which was opened in 2008 as a backup ...

Kamala Harris' resounding loss to Donald Trump in the 2024 election means many things to different people, including the fact ...

Two scientists who helped create an international seed vault received the World Food Prize last week in Des Moines, spotlighting the importance of seed banks, including one in northeast Iowa. The Seed ...

Two scientists who helped establish an international seed vault received the World Food Prize Thursday night in Des Moines, ...