It’s finally beginning to feel like spring is around the corner at Audubon Community Nature Center. Plants are beginning to ...

The groundhogs have had their say, now it's time for the skunks. Skunk cabbages, that is. Another sign of spring in Ohio has ...

While spring still feels like a ways away, a sign of warmer weather is coming in the form of a stinky wildflower. Skunk cabbage, a native wildflower, is now blooming, with some being spotted in ...

It's officially spring in Ohio. So what can we expect in the coming months? Here's what the National Weather Service, Old ...

Its flowers emerge in late winter. So late, in fact, if you blink you might miss them, sort of like morel mushrooms. They pop up and then are gone. The common name for this plant is “skunk ...

This smell lures flies and beetles to the flowers, which aids in pollination.A fun fact about skunk cabbage is that it creates its own heat through cellular respiration and can melt snow and ice ...

Skunk cabbage "is the first native wildflower ... They flower first, producing enough heat to melt any surrounding snow and ice. As the flowers fade, foul-smelling leaves emerge.