Officials expect the rare flower will bloom this week, oozing smells similar to rotting meat before returning to a vegetative state for years.

A new study on titan arum -- commonly known as the corpse flower for its smell like rotting flesh -- uncovers fundamental genetic pathways and biological mechanisms that produce heat and odorous chemicals when the plant blooms. The study provides insight ...

Visitors will have a chance Wednesday to experience the pungent smell of the corpse flower that is blooming at St. Paul's Como Park Zoo and Conservatory. The flower, affectionately named "Frederick," stands at 81 inches tall and emits a smell that some ...

The corpse flower already sounds creepy, but people across the country are even more creeped out because these rare blossoms are all blooming at the same time. The flower, which is actually an entire stalk of flowers, got its name due to it emitting a foul ...

Right now, 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. This is the titan arum. It’s a plant that makes news whenever it flowers in a botanic garden around the world.

Victoria D. is a digital producer for CBS Boston. Before joining CBS Boston in 2023, Victoria had already worked in journalism in both New York and Boston for more than 10 years. An extremely rare and foul-smelling flower has reached its peak bloom in ...

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 from Northwestern University and the Chicago Botanic ...

WINFIELD, Kan. (KAKE) – A rare corpse flower is set to bloom at a south-central Kansas college next week, the school said on Friday. Max Thompson, professor of biology and greenhouse supervisor at Southwestern College, announced Friday that a rare event is going to occur inside the Southwestern College greenhouse.