The investigative minds at How to Survive examine corpse flower toxins, exposure risks, and survival strategies to avoid harm.

Following a 20-year conservation effort at the Adelaide Botanic Garden, the rare giant, foul-smelling plant, dubbed ‘Smellanie’, is set to bloom over the long weekend. The historic plant is described ...

The giant, foul-smelling plant christened ‘Smellanie’ finally has officially burst into bloom and is expected to draw in thousands of curious visitors to the Adelaide Botanic Garden to take in its ...

Aussies are queuing around the block just to get a glimpse of an extremely rare flower which has just bloomed, but there's a twist - it smells like rotting flesh. The giant, foul-smelling plant, the ...

This remarkable flower is as notorious for its fragrance as it is for its size. Commonly, known as the ‘corpse flower’, it produces an odour resembling that of rotting flesh when in bloom. This stench ...

When we think of flowers, we imagine fresh, pleasant fragrances. Roses, jasmine, lilies, all things nice. But nature, as always, likes to surprise us. Believe it or not, some flowers smell terrible.

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