The Arctic repository is making the unprecedented move to assist researchers sidelined by Syria’s Civil War.

'Food for Thought, Food for Life' addresses how we think about, produce and choose what we eat. The 22-minute film will be free to view starting October 24.

At Italy's Ferrari Vineyards, the honeybees keep the vineyards thriving and at least one bear's belly full.

At more than 2.5 million years old, the peaches predate the arrival of humans to the region.

A new super slow-motion video reveals the unusual pollination strategy of Australia's blue-banded bee.

Eating bioregionally is gaining in popularity. Here's what you need to know, including how it differs from the locavore moment.

What can a farmer do about 7-ton elephants that steal crops? Intimidate them with an insect that weighs a tenth of a gram.

Hornworm caterpillars also known as tomato horn worms can ruin tomato plants, but baby wasps may help you tackle the pests nature's way.

Two decades after approving imidacloprid, the EPA is re-examining how it and similar pesticides affect bees.

Turning a grassy lawn into a vegetable garden can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study.

Farms that grow food in arid deserts, without groundwater or fossil fuels, could be the future of agriculture.

The retailer will give vertical farming a go at several locations.

Vandalism, theft and bee murder rock New Zealand's manuka honey industry.

The insects may have started farming millions of years before humans developed agriculture.

The new quarterly journal Comestible is a grab-a-big-cup-of-coffee-and-read-from-cover-to-cover kind of publication.

Babydoll Southdown sheep are tiny — and chock full of personality.

Your favorite chocolate may not be fair trade certified. Here's a guide to 8 of the most common sustainable cocoa certifications.

Earthworms decontaminate water and create vineyard fertilizer at Fetzer Vineyards as part of regenerative sustainability program.

When thousands of Skittles are spilled onto a Wisconsin highway, a common practice of cattle farmers is revealed: Some farmers feed their cows candy.

Pellagra, which is caused by a deficiency in vitamin B3 (niacin), showing up in hamsters because of large-scale monoculture.

Geologists studying the phenomenon say the fissure is likely a reflection of aquifer depletion.

Food can be grown under Martian conditions, making future Mars settlements even more feasible.

Spiders eat several hundred million tons of insects per year, a new study finds, a global feast rivaling the yearly meat intake of humans.

By giving away free bananas in Seattle, Amazon is disrupting local businesses.

Coffee-growing regions are set to lose key pollinators like bees by midcentury due to climate change.

Flowers, bees, moths, slugs ... when the sun sets, there's work to be done.

The levels are reportedly safe for humans, but they're high enough to harm bees — and that's bad news for us, too.

These grand get-togethers take us back to America's farming roots. Demolition derbies, pig shows, rides and fried everything await.

Data from 76 published peer-reviewed studies offers compelling reasons to keep an open mind about GMOs.

With a little help from a famous seventh-generation orchardist, I narrow down some of the best varieties to plant for a backyard orchard.

Company continues seed giveaway despite pushback.

Our love of avocados and guacamole is leaving Chilean villagers without water.

A new label will certify foods grown in soil and animal products from pastured animals and would rule out hydroponic and aquaponic techniques.

The vanilla crop is getting hammered by low yields, climate change, speculation and theft.

U.S. water usage is at a 45-year low, according to a new government report. But is that low enough?

Traces of the weed killer glyphosate are increasingly being found in food, but the public is at a loss of how to process that information.

This is the downside of trendy foods.

Picnic plunder is just one of ants' many talents.

Many cultures have end-of-growing-season holidays that are similar to Thanksgiving.

Researchers have improved the process by which plants get rid of toxic compounds, and this improves their overall growth.

A new app called Tudder promises to help lonely cows find their perfect match, Tinder-style.

Beijing turns to Brazil to make up for its shortfall in U.S.-grown soya beans.

In some regions, as many as 80 percent of trees could be in danger from RAD or rapid apple decline.

MIT scientists are creating "climate recipes" for basil using computer algorithms or cyber agriculture.

Researchers are digging deeper into how tomato flavors have changed over time, and now they've found a specific gene that's missing in many modern varieties.

The Anthropocene Era now has an official beginning.

A megadrought, which can last more than three decades, is increasingly likely in the region due to climate change.

A Turkish farmer recruits local bears to test his sweet wares.

Scientists say we have 10 years to dramatically restructure the livestock industry.

Farm research focused on good bacteria in the gut is helping scientists understand asthma, allergies and the immune system.