BROOKLYN, N.Y. (WPIX) – If you’ve ever wondered what rotting flesh smells like, you can take a trip to Brooklyn, New York, to find out. The Amorphophallus gigas, a cousin to the infamous ...

Crowds lined up at the California Academy of Sciences, a research institution and museum in San Francisco, last month to see – and smell – the blooming of an endangered tropical flower that ...

Titan arum, known as the corpse flower, in bloom at San Jose State University on July 27, 2022. Photo by Julia Brown. I could smell it before I saw it. After being led up a secured elevator and ...

KINGSVILLE, Mo. – A rare corpse orchid has bloomed at Powell Gardens. The flower is not known so much for its beauty as its stench. The bloom coincides with Orchid Delirium where more than 300 ...

The corpse flower releases its scent due to the need to attract pollinators - which are generally thought to be flies and carrion beetles ...

A rare bloom with a pungent odor like decaying flesh has opened in the Australian capital in the nation’s third such extraordinary flowering in as many months. MELBOURNE, Australia — A rare ...

The corpse flower or corpse plant, known as bunga bangkai in its native Indonesia, is endemic to the rainforests of western Sumatra. It only blooms for a few days every 7 to 10 years in its ...