The Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world, growing up to 3 feet in diameter and weighing up to 15 pounds. This flower is a parasitic plant that relies on the Tetrastigma family of wild ...

Rafflesia, the flower species which contains some of the world’s largest flowers, is at risk of extinction, scientists have warned in a new study. The study, co-authored by botanists from the ...

An international group of scientists has issued an urgent call for coordinated action to save the iconic genus Rafflesia, which contains the world’s largest flower. This Rafflesia kemumu is located in ...

The world’s largest flower, known as Rafflesia arnoldii, can be found in the rainforests of Asia. It can grow up to 3 feet in diameter and weigh as much as 15 pounds. Rafflesia arnoldii is believed to ...

Charlie has an undergraduate degree in Forensic Psychology and writes on topics from zoology and psychology to herpetology.View full profile Charlie has an undergraduate degree in Forensic Psychology ...

The flower measures roughly an inch across and is at least three times larger than all other known amber-encased blossoms. Carola Radke / Museum für Naturkunde Berlin In 1872, scientists examined a ...

Fossil flower of Symplocos kowalewskii (Symplocaceae) from Baltic amber – to date, by far the largest floral inclusion discovered from any amber. With a diameter of 28 millimeters across, a fossil ...

Scientists have officially identified the largest fossilized flower ever recorded: a nearly 40 million-year-old flower entombed in a hunk of amber, according to a study published Jan. 12 in the ...