The rare unfurling of an endangered plant that emits the smell of decaying flesh drew hundreds of devoted fans to a greenhouse in Sydney yesterday.

The corpse flower exudes a fragrance evoking gym socks and rotting garbage, in the 24 hours that it blooms.

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A garden based on the UK’s rare temperate rainforest landscapes will also feature in the same category, created by the Wildlife Trusts. An artist’s impression of the British Rainforest Garden ...

Warnings for snow, ice and rain are in place across parts of the UK, with areas in southern England being warned of flooding due to rain and melting snow caused by milder temperatures. More than ...

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An amber warning for snow and ice, with the risk of freezing rain, covers most of Wales and central England until midday on Sunday. Freezing rain, which makes up what are commonly known as ice ...

At 490m, Mount Fortescue is the peninsula’s highest point Credit: Alamy The final day took us to Fortescue Bay via the rainforest, the trees festooned with ferns and mosses. We climbed onwards t ...

The story so far: The State of Forest Report (SFR) 2023 was released by Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav at the Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, on December 21, 2024. The SFR is a ...

The treacherous combination of rising temperatures and dried-up fuels has made Canadian forest much more prone to severe wildfires in recent decades, a new study has found. Driving these dangerous ...