Standing five feet away, I could smell it in the air. Acrid, damp, toe-curling—a memory from my past. The nose is a powerful historian, so it took only a few seconds to place it: the stench of the rat ...

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

No one had a wilder imagination, whether giving us a wayward heroine with elongated thumbs in "Cowgirls" or landing the corpse of Jesus in a makeshift ... People magazine would label Robbins "the ...

No one had a wilder imagination, whether giving us a wayward heroine with elongated thumbs in “Cowgirls” or landing the ...

was not the place for a corpse plant to thrive. “It’s been in our collection for slightly longer than these plants would ...

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 ...

Keeping the plant happy and healthy is not too tricky, said Sprindis. The plant likes a moderate 70-degree climate with humidity, and while in its growing stages, it wants to stay moist. The corpse ...

commonly known as the corpse flower — has bloomed for the first time since arriving at the garden in 2018. The Jan. 24 bloom was expected to only last a few days and then not happen again for ...

Visitors crowded the Brooklyn Botanic Garden on Friday, January 24, to catch a glimpse of the blooming Amorphophallus gigas, also known as a “corpse flower,” due to its unique stench.

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 ...