Researchers have revealed the genetic and chemical reasons behind the titan arum’s unique warming mechanism and putrid scent.

Dartmouth scientists sniff out the genes — and identify a new chemical compound — that drive titan arum's pungent odor. The unusual odor of the titan arum, commonly called the corpse flower because ...

People are lining up at the Geelong Botanic Gardens to see and smell the giant corpse flower, a rare plant that stinks like a dead body.

Being in the vicinity of a fully-bloomed corpse flower is an experience one is unlikely to forget. In addition to being ...

The corpse flower is native to the dense rainforests of Sumatra in Indonesia ... The North American pawpaw, Asimina triloba and species from the African succulent genus Stapelia are carrion flowers.

The stench of a rare corpse flower make us retch. But you’re not the target – the plant wants to lure carrion beetles and ...

Visitors to Australia’s Geelong Botanic Gardens got a big whiff of a vile stench over the past couple days, all stemming from ...

It blooms for just a few hours and smells like rotting flesh, but that didn’t stop thousands of people from lining up for an ...

When it blooms, this stinky flower releases chemicals that smell like rotting flesh to attact pollinators, such as carrion ...

When a corpse flower blooms, the pinky-purple spathe unfolds from an enormous yellow spadix that can grow to 3.7 meters (12 ...

Schaller and collaborators then identified what kicks off the corpse flower’s thermogenesis, as well as the specific chemical ...

In the Australian city Geelong, just south of Melbourne, thousands are lining up for the rare chance to see – and smell – an unusual plant. “It’s rank,” one visitor told CNN affiliate Nine News, ...