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 nights. But those ...

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 ...

Something at Temple University’s Ambler campus smelled like death this week, and hundreds of people showed up for it anyway, ...

For weeks, Benjamin Snyder scrutinized the prized Amorphophallus titanium — a rare tropical plant better known by its macabre ...

The plant, which is said to smell a bit like rotting flesh, only flowers for a few days and it can be years before it returns.

After last year’s incredible Washington D.C. corpse flower showing—where two of these rare flowers bloomed almost at the same time—gardeners and tourists alike have been waiting with bated breath to ...

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 ...

You've heard of Pink Floyd, but what about "Stink Floyd"? Well, the unique and smelly corpse plant is set to bloom at Reiman Gardens in Ames in mid-May. Here's what to know about the plant and how you ...