Flower has been with the zoo for 5 or 6 years and was getting to know me on the sidewalk outside of the main building. "She's gorgeous," I said as Sammut let her walk around on her leash.

Later in the year, skunk cabbage has broad, layered leaves that look like cabbage. This plant loses its leaves annually but can live up to 20 years. For what starts as a small hooded flower, skunk ...

Skunk cabbage may look like something out of science fiction, not your first thought when imagining woodland wildflowers. News Sports Opinion Life Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals.

Flower the skunk has been living in the animal control building since June of 2020 when she was rescued from an area near Richland Center. She was just one month old and couldn’t go back into ...

This smell lures flies and beetles to the flowers, which aids in pollination. A fun fact about skunk cabbage is that it creates its own heat through cellular respiration and can melt snow and ice.