While many things may be closed on Monday, Feb. 17 in honor of Presidents Day, many Chicago museums are open, and some are even offering free admission.

This year's dry winter and weather pattern swings over the past decade impacting Illinois forests and home gardens ...

Enjoy a peaceful escape with a visit to one of these stunning botanical gardens chosen by our featured panelists.

When Simon Milne woke up on Saturday morning, he braced himself for what he would find when he saw in person the aftermath of Storm Eowyn on Scotland’s Royal Botanic Gardens. Gusts of up to 82 ...

Jan. 27 (UPI) --New Yorkers lined up for hours outside the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to catch a glimpse -- and a whiff -- of the facility's rare blooming corpse flower. The Amorphophallus gigas ...

The world's botanic gardens must pull together to protect global plant biodiversity in the face of the extinction crisis, amid restrictions on wild-collecting, say researchers. A major study of ...

A major study of botanic gardens around the world has revealed their struggles with one fundamental aim: to safeguard the world's most threatened plants from extinction. Researchers analyzed a ...

Cambridge University Botanic Garden was the first botanic garden in the UK to grow this endangered tree species. It is distributed in at least 372 botanic gardens globally. A major study of ...

A concerted, collaborative effort across the world’s botanic gardens is now needed to conserve a genetically diverse range of plants.

NEW YORK (WCBS) -- A rare corpse flower has bloomed at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, where people waited in line for hours to get a whiff of its unique scent. Gardener Chris Sprindis has been ...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – A putrid-smelling species of flower commonly known as a "corpse flower" is causing quite a stink at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Affectionately named "Smelliot" by garden staff, this ...

One by one, visitors to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden pulled out their phones snap pictures of the rare blooming plant before leaning in to brave a whiff of its infamously putrid scent, which ...