Once upon a time on Earth, there was a first flower. Nature provides plenty of cues to help us imagine what the planet looked like 250 million years ago. But we lack concrete evidence in order to ...

Update: You can watch the massive plant bloom and wither away in a 30-second time lapse video. Syracuse, N.Y. – After nearly five years of waiting, the first “corpse flower” bloomed this week in the ...

Meghan Holmes is a writer and documentarian specializing in scientific topics such as the environment, invasive species, sustainability, and food issues. She holds a master's in Southern Studies from ...

When it became clear a couple of weeks ago that the unpredictable bloom was about to happen at ESF’s rooftop greenhouse, the college set up a pair of cameras to capture a 72-hour time lapse video of ...

I’d like to say that keying out new or unfamiliar plants is a favorite activity of mine, but that would not be true. Even with a reasonable knowledge of plant/flower structure, botanical terminology, ...

The corpse flower is known for producing the tallest unbranched flower structure in the plant kingdom. When it blooms, it releases a powerful odor similar to rotting flesh, which attracts flies and ...