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A photo of a Nepenthes pitcher plant.

Stop picking carnivorous penis plants, Cambodian environmental officials plead

By Patrick Pester published

The Cambodian Ministry of Environment has asked people to stop collecting a carnivorous plant that resembles a penis, after footage appeared on social media of people picking the rare plant.

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Young boy looking up at trees while hiking. Tom Werner via Getty Images

Do trees exist (scientifically speaking)?

By Ashley Hamer published

Trees don't fit into a species, family or even an order. So do they really exist, scientifically speaking?

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How to care for houseplants

How to care for houseplants

By India Bottomley published

Reference From watering schedules to the perfect environment, here’s how to care for houseplants so they thrive

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An old growth tree.

Ancient trees form bloodlines that bolster forests for thousands of years

By Stephanie Pappas published

Ancient trees, some close to 1,000 years old, may have a big impact on the forests where they grow.

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Do indoor plants purify air? Image shows house plants in pots

Do indoor plants purify air?

By Lawrie Jones published

REFERENCE House plants have become incredibly popular in recent years, but do indoor plants purify air? And to what extent?

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A visitor stands on a ladder next to a blooming penis plant to take a photo

Girthy 'penis plant' blooms for the first time, sparking excitement at Dutch garden

By Nicoletta Lanese published

It's the size of a human and smells of rotting flesh.

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Corpse flower in bloom in Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Corpse Flower: Facts about the smelly plant

By Alina Bradford, Daisy Dobrijevic published

Reference The corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum) also known as titan arum smells of rotting flesh and death when it blooms approximately every seven to nine years.

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The General Sherman Tree in California's Sequoia National Park is the world's largest tree by volume.

Firefighters race to save the world’s largest tree as wildfires rage

By Yasemin Saplakoglu published

California firefighters have wrapped the bases of the world's largest trees in fire-resistant aluminum blankets to protect them from a wildfire that is raging nearby.

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Scientists recently found that a fungus resembling zombies' fingers is more widespread in Australia than anyone suspected.

Rare 'zombie fingers' parasitic fungus is hanging on (barely) in Australia

By Mindy Weisberger published

Scientists recently found that a fungus resembling zombies' fingers is more widespread in Australia than anyone suspected.

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A Copiapoa solaris specimen is one of hundreds of cactuses that were recently recovered by Operation Atacama.

$1.2 million worth of rare, stolen cactuses confiscated and returned to Chile

By Mindy Weisberger published

Officials have returned stolen cactuses to Chile, after recovering the rare plants during two raids in Italy in 2020.

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