One strange marsh plant can keep itself near room temperature even in freezing weather. Here’s the biology behind its ...

THERE IS NOTHING more beautiful than a swamp full of skunk cabbage in the snow. The appearance of these bright yellow flowers in a frozen field of white tells us winter might not be over, but spring ...

Skunk cabbage is one of the very few plants capable of thermogenesis — of creating heat. Credit: Photo by Dr. Craig Bowron The calendar says we’re officially into spring, but below-average temps have ...

(WJW) – Spring is in the air — and it stinks! The Ohio Department of Natural Resources recently shared on social media that, Skunk Cabbage, the state’s first wildflower to bloom each spring has ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

I love the smell of skunk in early spring. That sulfur smell tells me that the snow is melting, the sun is rising higher into the sky, and soon a carpet of wildflowers will paint the forest floor in ...

This quirky native wildflower is one worth knowing. The skunk cabbage, or Symplocarpus foetidus, is the first flower of our central Ohio spring, appearing as early as February. It can bloom even in ...

Most of us think of pansies, violas, dianthus, snapdragons and petunias to decorate our fall-through-early-spring landscape. Another nice addition to cool-season flower beds is ornamental types of ...

THERE IS NO flower more beautiful than the skunk cabbage — unless it is the skunk cabbage in the snow. This swamp-dwelling harbinger of spring is the first flower to emerge from our dismal winter. A ...