The blooming of a titan arum, or corpse plant, is a spectacle like none other in the plant world. With its putrid stench, ...

The corpse flower is known for producing the tallest unbranched flower structure in the plant kingdom. When it blooms, it releases a powerful odor similar to rotting flesh, which attracts flies and ...

Update: You can watch the massive plant bloom and wither away in a 30-second time lapse video. Syracuse, N.Y. – After nearly five years of waiting, the first “corpse flower” bloomed this week in the ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Biologists at the California Academy of Sciences are celebrating their first-ever corpse flower bloom in San Francisco. Stacking up to nearly seven feet at its peak, nestled ...

I’d like to say that keying out new or unfamiliar plants is a favorite activity of mine, but that would not be true. Even with a reasonable knowledge of plant/flower structure, botanical terminology, ...

Syracuse, N.Y. -- The bloom of the first “corpse flower” at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry was five years in the making, and lasted a little over two days. And now you can watch it ...