A firm that has designed habitats for plants and animals living in microgravity now hopes to grow the first flowers on the moon.

Maize was domesticated from its wild ancestor more than 8700 years according to biological evidence uncovered by researchers in the Mexico’s Central Balsas River Valley.

Another study has shown that microwave radiation has an adverse effect on the hemoglobin in blood by altering its structure and reducing its ability to carry oxygen.

A Brazilian town is joining other “Transition Towns” and in composting restaurant food waste and using it for organic crops for local schools.

With the recession in full swing, many Americans are returning to their roots – literally – cultivating vegetables in their backyards to squeeze every penny out of their food budget.

A city in Brazil recruited local farmers to help do something U.S. cities have yet to do: end hunger.

Researchers are reporting a major breakthrough in the development of a new, high-yielding variety of pigeonpea, a protein-rich legume that can be grown in marginal lands and is highly resistant to drought.

If humans want to live on this planet we should learn to live with nature and not against it.

A new study has shown infants are sensitive to music and learn while sleeping.