You don't often find crowds of people flocking together to take in the pungent scent of rotting flesh, but that's exactly what happens every time a corpse flower blooms at a public garden. In fact, ...

This finding has important implications for plant engineering, where scientists design artificial gene switches to control growth or behavior. Understanding how plants manage genetic "noise" could ...

Although we've already heard about plants that mimic the smell of rotten meat or feces in order to attract pollen-spreading scavengers, botanists have now discovered that a certain plant really ...

Lipstick vines in Taiwan look different from their red-flowered relatives. When scientists dug into the family tree, they uncovered an evolutionary mystery.

As educators increasingly seek ways to bridge the gap between STEM and the arts, Microfleur is leading a classroom revolution. By merging botanical science with instant creative expression, the ...

Exactly two years after he last bloomed, the IU biology department’s six foot, seven inch corpse flower — “Wally” to his friends — opened up again in the Biology Building greenhouse on E Third St.

May flowers bring November showers for these intrepid biologists. A flower hunter was moved to tears after encountering a super-rare species of bloom in Sumatra, Indonesia, marking the culmination of ...

Morning glory is a name for about 1,000 flowers that are in the Convolvulaceae family. These common flowers are so-named because their flowers only bloom in the morning. They grow commonly in tropical ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Go to ...

The more time you spend around the devil’s tongue, the more its smell gets under your skin. It first greets you as a dull odor, somewhat akin to a wet dog or raw fish. But stick around long enough – ...