Sometimes, doing research stinks. Quite literally. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. Corpse plants are rare, and seeing one bloom is even rarer. They open once every ...

Plant biologists examined records for nearly 1,200 individual corpse flower plants from 111 institutions around the world. The data and records were severely lacking and not standardized. Without ...

Commonly called the "corpse flower," Amorphophallus titanum is endangered for many reasons, including habitat destruction, climate change and encroachment from invasive species. Now, plant biologists ...

You don't often find crowds of people flocking together to take in the pungent scent of rotting flesh, but that's exactly what happens every time a corpse flower blooms at a public garden. In fact, ...

Hold your nose and hurry: One of the world’s rarest and smelliest plants, a corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum), has opened at the San Diego Botanic Garden, in Encinitas. Once in full bloom, the ...

Such a big stink over a big flower. The Amorphophallus Titanum, also known as the corpse flower, is nearly ready to bloom at the Tucson Botanical Gardens in Arizona. To get to the point of blooming, ...

Commonly called the “corpse flower,” Amorphophallus titanum is endangered for many reasons, including habitat destruction, climate change and encroachment from invasive species. Now, plant biologists ...

Sometimes, doing research stinks. Quite literally. Corpse plants are rare, and seeing one bloom is even rarer. They open once every seven to 10 years, and the blooms last just two nights. But those ...

Delphine Farmer receives funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Department of Energy, and the W.M. Keck ...