The corpse plant's bloom appears huge, but its flowers are actually tiny and found in rows inside its floral chamber. John Eisele/Colorado State University Sometimes, doing research stinks. Quite ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Sometimes, doing research stinks. Quite literally. Corpse plants are rare, and seeing one bloom is even rarer. They open once every seven to 10 years, and the blooms last just two ...

Thousands of visitors are clamoring to catch a glimpse—or a nausea-inducing whiff—of a corpse flower at the US Botanic Garden in Washington, DC during its rare and fleeting bloom on Tuesday and ...

Delphine Farmer receives funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Department of Energy, and the W.M. Keck ...

Few plants command as much fascination as Amorphophallus titanum, better known as the corpse flower. Native to the rainforests of western Sumatra in Indonesia, this remarkable plant is renowned for ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Delphine Farmer, Colorado State University; Mj Riches, Colorado State University, and ...

Visitors will have a chance Wednesday to experience the pungent smell of the corpse flower that is blooming at St. Paul's Como Park Zoo and Conservatory. The flower, affectionately named "Frederick," ...

Thousands of visitors are clamoring to catch a glimpse—or a nausea-inducing whiff—of a corpse flower at the US Botanic Garden in Washington, DC, during its rare and fleeting bloom on Tuesday and ...