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 ...

At Las Piletas Ranch Preserve in San Luis Obispo County, a surprising botanical discovery may alter the conservation future of a rare purple California wildflower. Researchers there uncovered a ...

A rare corpse flower is about to bloom in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Horticultural Society in Dover is delighted to host the rare amorphophallus titanum for its long, long-awaited bloom.

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 ...

(WJW) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fears that if action isn’t taken, the rare ghost orchid could soon be extinct. The FWS is now proposing to list the swamp-dwelling plant as an endangered ...

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 ...

ST. LOUIS — A rare plant known for its foul and intense smell is about to bloom at the Missouri Botanical Garden. Octavia, a 148-pound titan arum, commonly known as a "corpse flower," is expected to ...

(WJW) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fears if action isn’t taken, the rare ghost orchid could soon be extinct. The FWS is now proposing to list the swamp-dwelling plant as an endangered species ...