It's true that coffee grounds can be a strong pest repellent, but are they strong enough to remove slugs from your garden?

An action group says building a biogas plant fuelled by chicken droppings near their homes would "kill the village". The ...

A US-based biotech company has successfully sequenced the genetic codes of preserved plants, some of which date back more ...

Crystal Mountain Ski Resort’s new owners last year opened a 25,000-square-foot day lodge, part of a $100 million expansion ...

Many plants smell "good" — to humans that is — but some go several steps in the other direction, presenting themselves to the ...

Fragrant climbing plants like jasmine, clematis, sausage vine, and passionflower vine will fill your garden with sweet, ...

The plant can take up to seven years to bloom the first time and won't bloom again for another two to three years. Less than ...

Although this tree makes a beautiful addition to any yard, it comes with an unfortunate downside you don't want to deal with: ...

You've heard of Pink Floyd, but what about "Stink Floyd"? Well, the unique and smelly corpse plant is set to bloom at Reiman Gardens in Ames in mid-May. Here's what to know about the plant and how you ...

Yet new research indicates that, actually, many plants have everything they need to actively stink it up solo. Flowers across at least three stinky families share a similarly evolved genetic ...

Some plants stink of rotting meat or dung, which helps them attract flies for pollination. How plants make the carrion stench, which is usually produced by bacteria feasting on decaying corpses ...

With a nickname like ‘skunk cabbage’, the infamously stinky flowers of Symplocarpus renifolius are unlikely to grace a bridal bouquet. But for the beetles and flies that pollinate the plant ...