One says the Osmania biscuit was born in the royal kitchen of the last Nizam of Hyderabad. Apparently, the Nizam, a man with a discerning palate, craved a teatime snack that was both sweet and salty.

Last week, horticulturalists at the Royal Botanic Gardens announced that one of its rarest plants was preparing to flower for the first time in 15 years. The appropriately named corpse flower, due to ...

But that’s about to change, with the Royal Botanic Gardens of Sydney announcing that they have one that’s about to do the thing! So, why does the blooming of a random flower have so many ...

It is all but impossible to predict how long a Bunga Bangkai plant will go between blooms, but various specimens at Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens have flowered in 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010. Now, ...

Princess Anne once had a hilarious run in with a British celebrity after she broke royal protocol and made a slight faux ... "I was talking too much, and somebody came round with a plate of chocolate ...