Blooms from this abundant plant occur about every 50 years. Here's why it causes a rat flood and, ultimately, famine in certain regions of the world.

A heatmap of titus arum, or the corpse flower, shows that the plant's central towering spike known as the appendix heats up to about 20 degrees Fahrenheit over the ambient temperature when the flower ...

Icons of beauty, providers of sustenance, even symbols of divinity — blossoming plants have assumed a deep significance to ...

Flowers have thrived for millions of years by ... covers 107 acres and is estimated to be over 80,000 years old, making it one of the world's largest and oldest living organisms.

This is the titan arum. It’s a plant that makes news whenever it flowers in a botanic garden around the world. It’s sometimes ...

By Aurelien Breeden Flowers left at the site of the attack, which killed at least 35 people, were quickly removed. Censors deleted videos, articles and comments about it. By Vivian Wang ...

But that’s not the only beautiful winter flower to chase away winter blues. There’s winter daphne, known for its white to ...

In the Australian city Geelong, just south of Melbourne, thousands are lining up for the rare chance to see – and smell – an unusual plant.

I’ve witnessed how a spiritual ritual I grew up celebrating — by scrubbing graves in my town in Mexico and adorning them with flowers and ... has grown around the world and in Mexico itself ...