THERE IS NOTHING more beautiful than a swamp full of skunk cabbage in the snow. The appearance of these bright yellow flowers in a frozen field of white tells us winter might not be over, but spring ...

One strange marsh plant can keep itself near room temperature even in freezing weather. Here’s the biology behind its ...

Skunk cabbage is one of the very few plants capable of thermogenesis — of creating heat. Credit: Photo by Dr. Craig Bowron The calendar says we’re officially into spring, but below-average temps have ...

(WJW) – Spring is in the air — and it stinks! The Ohio Department of Natural Resources recently shared on social media that, Skunk Cabbage, the state’s first wildflower to bloom each spring has ...

I love the smell of skunk in early spring. That sulfur smell tells me that the snow is melting, the sun is rising higher into the sky, and soon a carpet of wildflowers will paint the forest floor in ...

Most of us think of pansies, violas, dianthus, snapdragons and petunias to decorate our fall-through-early-spring landscape. Another nice addition to cool-season flower beds is ornamental types of ...

AUSTIN, Texas — You've probably seen it: a collection of small, bright yellow flowers that could be mistaken as one of our beloved Texas wildflowers. But actually, bastard cabbage poses a threat to ...

THERE IS NO flower more beautiful than the skunk cabbage — unless it is the skunk cabbage in the snow. This swamp-dwelling harbinger of spring is the first flower to emerge from our dismal winter. A ...