Flowers

Rare blooms of this flower are a smelly affair.

A foul-smelling, aptly named “corpse flower” at Western Illinois University has bloomed, releasing a powerful aroma of rotting meat.

Rare 'Corpse Flower' that smells of rotting meat set to bloom at university greenhouse, likely within a week.

A University of Arizona ecologist studies how climate change is impacting vegetation in the Sonoran Desert.

Wingless cricket pollinating orchid caught on video.

A new way for orchids to trick their pollinators.

Animal pollinators were flitting about long before flowering plants evolved.

Bees can distinguish between normal flowers and mutant flowers.

The difference comes down to two critical flower-inducing genes.

Even the pinhead-sized brains of insects can learn new skills.