When these plants first bloom after 7-10 years of growth, they emit a powerful smell to attract beetles for pollination. The ...

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Austin Peay State University's second corpse flower, Athena, is in full bloom. Athena is the ...

Putricia, the smelliest flower in the world, displayed a rare bloom in the glasshouse of the Australian Botanic Garden.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Austin Peay State University’s corpse flower, “Athena,” is in full bloom. Athena is the little ...

The time has come for an infamous flower bloom — rare enough to draw crowds — inside a greenhouse at Austin Peay State ...

A rare plant housed at the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers, infamous for its putrefying stench, is on the verge of blooming. State of play: Affectionately nicknamed Chanel by staff, the Titan ...

Something rare, massive, and very smelly is about to happen at the Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco: Chanel the ...

A jury in Australia began deliberations Monday in the triple murder trial of Erin Patterson, accused of killing her estranged husband’s relatives by deliberately serving ...

Conserving corpse flowers in botanic gardens can be tricky. Unlike many other plants, their seeds will not germinate once they’ve been dried, so they can’t be stored in seed banks.

You don't often find crowds flocking to take in the pungent scent of rotting flesh, yet that's just what happens when a corpse flower blooms at a public garden. But this iconic endangered plant is ...

Plant biologists examined records for nearly 1,200 individual corpse flower plants from 111 institutions around the world. The data and records were severely lacking and not standardized. Without ...

Commonly called the "corpse flower," Amorphophallus titanum is endangered for many reasons, including habitat destruction, climate change and encroachment from invasive species.