The caper-fruited tropidocarpum, a green plant with a small, yellow flower, was found on a ridge top in Contra Costa County’s ...

As gardeners, we know that plants hold immeasurable value, from intrinsic beauty to life-saving medicine. Yet an alarming number of plants have gone extinct, and one in five existing plants is in ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to protect the Columbia yellowcress under the Endangered Species Act. Columbia yellowcress are ...

A rare bloom in Chile’s Atacama desert has briefly transformed one of the world’s driest places into a dazzling carpet of ...

Black flowers are a rare and fascinating natural wonder that captures the imagination of gardeners, botanists, and flower enthusiasts alike. Known for their striking, dark beauty, these flowers are ...

Victoria D. is a digital producer for CBS Boston. Before joining CBS Boston in 2023, Victoria had already worked in journalism in both New York and Boston for more than 10 years. An extremely rare and ...

An Amorphophallus gigas plant bloomed at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in New York on January 24, with hundreds of flowers producing a putrid stench. Brooklyn Botanic Garden The air was thick with both ...

An Alaskan glacier buttercup is seen in this undated phtoo. (Photo by Rob Lipkin/University of Alaska Anchorage Natural Heritage Program, provided by Center for Biological Diversity) Officials at the ...

(KRON) — A rare corpse flower will bloom at the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park for the first time in two years. The conservatory announced that a corpse flower named Chanel ...

A very rare and very stinky plant was drawing long lines in Brooklyn this weekend as locals sought to get a whiff of the flower dubbed "Smelliot” by staff at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. “It smells ...

A rare occurrence has been reported in Somerset as a Weigela, a plant that typically flowers in late spring to early summer, ...