Walt and Gus are brothers, both big fluffy Bernese, but that’s pretty much where the similarity ends. You put them near ...

Skunk cabbage is native to wetlands and marshy areas. Peeking out of the ground, you will first see a hood with a narrow opening on the side that tapers to a point. This outer part of the flower ...

Growing skunk-repellent plants is one of the easiest and most natural ways of deterring these cute but territorial mammals from your backyard. Although skunks are timid around humans, they should ...

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.

Wildlife officials say skunk cabbage emits a skunky odor when the flowers are crushed.A fun fact about skunk cabbage is that it creates its own heat through cellular respiration and can melt snow ...

This plant loses its leaves annually but can live up to 20 years. For what starts as a small hooded flower, skunk cabbage has a massive root system.

Skunk cabbage produce yellow, knee-high flowers surrounded by a pallet of watermelon-sized green leaves. Native Americans had many uses for the skunk cabbage. In her epic work, “Ethnobotany of Western ...

Skunk weed (Symplocarpus foetidus), also commonly known as skunk cabbage, is an intriguing member of the Araceae family found in and around swamps and wetlands. It has large leaves that are heart ...

If you think the skunk cabbage’s speckled purple-and-green spathes are strange, check out the plant’s peculiar flowers, which are clustered on a spike, or spadix, inside those hoods.

If you've ever brushed against cleome foliage, you'll understand why it's sometimes called "skunk flower." That distinctive aroma is faint but potent, and a bit disconcerting for such a pretty ...

For what starts as a small hooded flower, skunk cabbage has a massive root system. A few inches below the surface, thick roots grow in all directions.