The corpse plant's bloom appears huge, but its flowers are actually tiny and found in rows inside its floral chamber. John Eisele/Colorado State University Sometimes, doing research stinks. Quite ...

ENCINITAS, Calif. — It was just a few months ago, when the corpse flower at the San Diego Botanic Garden released the smell of death. Are you ready for round two? In this Zevely Zone, I introduce you ...

The United States Botanic Garden smelled distinctly like a dead body last night, but there wasn’t any foul play involved. One of the garden’s fleeting, foul-smelling “Corpse Flowers” opened in the ...

Thousands of visitors are clamoring to catch a glimpse—or a nausea-inducing whiff—of a corpse flower at the US Botanic Garden in Washington, DC during its rare and fleeting bloom on Tuesday and ...

(CBS DETROIT) - A rare flower will soon bloom in Michigan, and it's believed to be the first-ever corpse flower to bloom inside a private residence. Owner Kevin Hauser of Dexter has named the plant ...

A rare corpse flower is about to bloom in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Horticultural Society in Dover is delighted to host the rare amorphophallus titanum for its long, long-awaited bloom.

Would a plant by any other name stink so bad? An extremely rare corpse flower dramatically bloomed at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden Friday for the first time in Big Apple history — unleashing a putrid ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — If you’ve ever wanted to smell a flower that’s scent has been compared to rotting flesh, this could be your chance. That’s right, a titan arum flower, more commonly known as a ...

Meghan Holmes is a writer and documentarian specializing in scientific topics such as the environment, invasive species, sustainability, and food issues. She holds a master's in Southern Studies from ...

Corpse flowers are the celebrities of the plant world. When these rare plants bloom in botanic gardens, thousands of fans flock to see them—and, perhaps more importantly, to smell them. These large, ...

To counter a lack of biodiversity in corpse flowers, horticulturalists took inspiration from “studbooks,” a method used by breeders and zoos to prevent inbreeding U.S. Botanic Garden via Flickr under ...