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 ...

With an off-putting scent and maroon flower buds that blend in with fall’s leaf litter, skunk cabbage is not on the radar of many Minnesota hikers. The plant blooms early and looks bizarre ...

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 ...