The blooming of a titan arum, or corpse plant, is a spectacle like none other in the plant world. With its putrid stench, ...

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 ...

The corpse flower is known for producing the tallest unbranched flower structure in the plant kingdom. When it blooms, it ...

Can the bend of a banana give us insight into cancer? What does the shape of a rice grain have to do with infertility? The ...

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, ...