While the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park are best known for rare and endangered animals such as giant pandas, koalas and ...

Some plants display animal-like behaviors. Sundew hunts insects. Skunk cabbage generates heat. Witchweed steals nutrients. Mirror orchid mimics insects. Rafflesia smells like rotting flesh ...

The horror can only be seen in slow motion. When a fly touches the outstretched leaves of the Cape sundew, it quickly finds itself unable to take back to the air. The insect is trapped. Goopy mucilage ...

When we think of animals that pollinate, wolves probably don't come to mind. Listen · 3:34 3:34. Transcript Toggle ... Do they go from flower to flower like a busy bee?

This is a time of abundance for Mother Earth’s creatures, with food sources available everywhere. Flowers provide nectar and pollen, and plants offer foliage, stems, and roots. Caterpillars, grubs, ...

Many plants smell "good" — to humans that is — but some go several steps in the other direction, presenting themselves to the world as dead, decaying animal flesh.

The flowers even have what look like helmets, made from the plant’s sepals and petals. Native to the Mediterranean, this orchid is a great example of how nature creates shapes that seem oddly ...

With a few small modifications, a single gene that’s present in most plants and animals can turn flowers into stink factories. The altered gene works by generating a specific enzyme.

Virginia is home to a variety of creatures — from everyday cardinals in your backyard to rarely-seen black bears in the Blue Ridge mountains. But what about other animals you may not see ever… ...

There's a weed that's poisonous to both humans and animals that experts are saying to avoid this summer.It's called poison hemlock and according to researchers, it's one of the deadliest plants in ...

There are 453 plants and animals considered endangered, threatened or “special concern” in Massachusetts. They include animals of all types, from mammals to crustaceans to dragonflies.

Just like people confronted with a sea of options at the grocery store, bees foraging in meadows encounter many different flowers at once. They must decide which ones to visit for food, but it isn ...