biodiversity

If you’ve spent a lot of time outdoors in New England, you’ve likely crossed paths with, and probably stepped on, lichens. This mysterious indicator species plays an important role of the bottom of the food chain, and is also a habitat for other microorganisms.

In Maine, there’s a small community of gardeners and farmers who are restoring and saving lost seed varieties. Seed saving is a way to connect with past traditions, but in the face of climate change, it's an important way to the adapt for the future.

The Executive director of the Biodiversity Research Institute and Jim Fowler - former host of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, discussed our state's…