A new study by plant biologists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, challenges a longstanding idea that stems from ...

Terrain offers a wide range of beautiful dried stems and preserved bouquets that’ll add spring-like vibes to your home even in the dead of winter. Thankfully, artificial flowers exist, and they’re ...

A blue Egyptian water lily, a potential inspiration for flower petals painted on a casket found in Tut's tomb. 68/Partha Pal/Ocean/Corbis What makes us want to grow a lily in a pot? It’s a question at ...

Beyond nasturtium blossoms and rose petals, there is a surprising number of blooms that are a true delight to eat. The culinary use of flowers dates back thousands of years to the Chinese, Greek, and ...

The world is filled with strange plants. There are plants that make their homes in the deserts, existing off of precious little water; plants that live in the rainforest, hidden away in the dense ...

The centerpiece of the Swedish Museum of Natural History, in Stockholm, is probably the Fossils and Evolution hall, in which an enormous Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton seems to yawn over crowds of ...

Imagine walking through a tropical forest as a sweet scent wafts through the air. A little farther down the path, the putrid stench of rotting flesh makes you catch your breath. Upon investigation, ...