Learning how to force bulbs is fairly easy. It consists of tricking popular bulbs to bloom out of season indoors. There are ...

Researchers have revealed the genetic and chemical reasons behind the titan arum’s unique warming mechanism and putrid scent.

Biologist Kathy Willis takes a deep dive into how sensory connection with the natural world can help make us healthier and ...

For Ryan Knoll, the busiest days of the year are the day before Thanksgiving and the eve of Christmas Eve. On those days, ...

By July, two plants in a drier meadow were growing burly stems and spitting out new whirls of the iconic, deeply compound ...

We may mop, sweep and vacuum on the regular, but at least twice a year, you need to do some deep housecleaning. One of those ...

SIU’s Touch of Nature removing invasive plants, restoring native flora and fauna by Christi Mathis The sweet-smelling flowers ...

If you prefer unique wood scents, Voluspa’s Blong Tabac is a mix of perique tabac, vanilla husk, sandalwood. Like a few other ...

The stench of a rare corpse flower make us retch. But you’re not the target – the plant wants to lure carrion beetles and ...

When it blooms, this stinky flower releases chemicals that smell like rotting flesh to attact pollinators, such as carrion ...

When a corpse flower blooms, the pinky-purple spathe unfolds from an enormous yellow spadix that can grow to 3.7 meters (12 ...

The Hoya carnosa, affectionately known as the wax plant or porcelain flower, is so delicate it looks like it’s made of ...