An “alien plant” fossil discovered 55 years ago just outside of an abandoned town in Utah has no relation to any currently existing or extinct species, scientists revealed in a study last month.

But the corpse flower isn't Beccari's only odd find. In 1866, while exploring a wet, heavily forested, mountainous region in Sarawak, Borneo bordering present-day Kubah National Park, he stumbled upon ...

This flower has no leaves, rarely blooms, lives underground for most of the year and eats mushrooms. The plant looks like it's from another world, but this "alien" flower actually lives in Sarawak, ...