Lucy the corpse flower is getting ready to bloom at the Missouri Botanical Garden, in all her stinky glory. Garden officials ...

How to Survive shares why the corpse flower can be dangerous and how to protect yourself from its harmful effects. Discover ...

The biggest flower in the world is called Rafflesia arnoldii. This flower is very special because it does not have leaves, ...

With only a day’s notice, the public is invited to witness the rare Queen of the Night cactus bloom by moonlight.

Deep inside the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens stands Morty Jr., an attractive, rotten flesh-smelling corpse flower that will soon come into bloom and attract visitors to its unique beauty.

It might or might not be the smell of aliens, but dimethyl sulfide — and its funky odor — definitely gets around ...

Hidden in the jungles of Indonesia is a plant that doesn't live off of the sun, instead it gains its sustenance through ...

Some plants display animal-like behaviors. Sundew hunts insects. Skunk cabbage generates heat. Witchweed steals nutrients.

From their odd appendages to their unsavory hygiene, certain animals suffer an image problem. But their awkward attributes ...

I was so mad yesterday, I was shaking,” said Marshall, Skelly’s owner. “Why would someone want to take that away and do it in such a horrific manner?” ...

Today is the Dragon Boat Festival or Duen Ng Jit (or Double Fifth Festival in Cantonese). The fifth day of the fifth month in ...

Historian Molly Conisbee reflects on how we’ve paid our respects to the dead over the centuries – from lively gatherings ...