Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. All 42 known species of the parasitic plant genus Rafflesia, ...

May flowers bring November showers for these intrepid biologists. A flower hunter was moved to tears after encountering a super-rare species of bloom in Sumatra, Indonesia, marking the culmination of ...

A new study finds that most Rafflesia species, which produce the world's largest flowers, face extinction. Lack of protection at local, national, and international levels means that remaining ...

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The stench of decay announces death—but Rafflesia plants turn it on like a neon sign. Forty-two parasitic species exude the smell of rot to lure insects, thriving under the guise of death. From a ...

New Delhi: After a day of trekking deep into a Sumatran rainforest, conservationist Septian ‘Deki’ Andriki knelt beside a blooming Rafflesia Hasseltii, and wept. The moment marked the culmination of ...

In the rainforests of Sumatra, one of the world’s strangest flowers blooms close to the forest floor. Rafflesia arnoldii can grow more than a metre across, making it one of the largest individual ...

An international group of scientists, including botanists at the University of Oxford's Botanic Garden, has issued an urgent call for coordinated action to save the iconic genus Rafflesia, which ...