Ever heard of swamp cabbage and skunk cabbage? Whether you have or haven't until you, you're probably wondering what the difference is between the two.

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Ever seen skunk cabbage on a menu? Chances are, you probably haven't. That doesn't mean it isn't delicious in its own right, but there is a good reason why its popularity hasn't rivaled that of other ...

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A wetland is a stew of botanical life and can absorb and release heat from the sun. Try taking a whirl through these four ...

Last week was National Pollinator Week, which celebrates the importance of insects, birds and other animals that pollinate flowers.

Some flower species, like the stinking corpse lily in Indonesia, exude a smell like rotting flesh to attract pollen-carrying insects and bugs. But how the plants manage to produce such a putrid stench ...

In 1806, Jack Earnest became the first freedman to own property on Skunk Hollow, which got its name from the rancid-smelling foliage called Skunk Cabbage that grew in abundance in the area.

Skunk cabbage is one of a smattering of plants that can generate remarkable amounts of heat, an ability called thermogenesis: Its floral tissues can reach a toasty 84 degrees Fahrenheit (28.9 ...

Skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) is often one of the earliest plants to emerge, thanks to a unique characteristic: It creates its own microclimate, warming itself to about 73 degrees ...