The Cherokee Nation heirloom seed portal is open through Feb. 13 for tribal citizens interested in growing traditional ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I have just stood in what is widely considered to be the most biodiverse place on earth. It is not up the ...

If an apocalypse wiped out the natural landscape as we know it, freezers scattered across Massachusetts — currently set to -20 degrees Celsius — contain hope for rebirth. Stored carefully inside are ...

Andrew Rodrigues, vice president and senior commercial loan officer at Bristol County Savings Bank, has been named the “2025 Banker of the Year” by the South Eastern Economic Development Corporation.

Fears about climate change and global conflict eradicating plant species and changing the face of the planet have prompted environmentalists and researchers to send 30,000 new seed samples to a ...

The Desert Botanical Garden is running a seed bank program to save endangered Arizona desert plants like orchids and cacti. Seeds from rare species are collected, sealed, and frozen in the Ahern ...

Meg Engelhardt, Missouri Botanical Garden's seed bank manager, poses Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, among freezers containing more than 9,000 seeds at the garden's Oertli Family Hardy Plant Nursery in the ...

Silvaseed operates the region's largest private seed bank and extractory in Roy. Staff collect, process and x‑ray billions of conifer seeds and grow seedlings. Mast Reforestation sells carbon credits ...

The Wayland-based Native Plant Trust runs an unusual bank. Its shelves and freezers hold tiny gems that some would argue are more precious than diamonds: seeds from rare and endangered New England ...

Half a century ago, the Brazilian government flooded the Tocantins River, forming a reservoir for the Tucuruí hydroelectric dam. The facility is in the state of Pará, which is hosting the United ...

Humanity is losing the genetic diversity that sustains life on Earth at a pace that should alarm every nation. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, about 75% of the world’s crop ...