Tom Robbins, the novelist and prankster-philosopher who charmed and addled millions of readers, has died. He was 92.

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The blooming started on Saturday night and will last until Monday, by which time the reservations for visits to the Canberra botanical garden have already been exhausted. There are events that are ...

A rare bloom with a pungent odour like decaying flesh has opened in the Australian capital – the nation’s third such extraordinary flowering in as many months.

A corpse flower, aptly named Putricia, recently bloomed at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney for the first time in 15 years. For forensic scientist Bridget Thurn, it was a unique opportunity to ...

Horticulturalists said the spike in the centre of the rare and endangered flower measures 158cm and is still growing. Once it stops growing, the petals will begin to open. The corpse flower is ...

Visitors took turns leaning in close to catch a whiff of the rare corpse flower, known for its pungent, putrid scent. Roommates Nadia S. and Alexa Cardamone called BBG every day last week, waiting to ...

Jan. 27 (UPI) --New Yorkers lined up for hours outside the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to catch a glimpse -- and a whiff -- of the facility's rare blooming corpse flower. The Amorphophallus gigas ...

The institution stayed open until midnight on Thursday to accommodate the crowd. The corpse flower's scientific name is Amorphophallus titanum and is called “bunga bangkai” in Indonesia, where it is ...