When it blooms, this stinky flower releases chemicals that smell like rotting flesh to attact pollinators, such as carrion beetles and flies.

Researchers have revealed the genetic and chemical reasons behind the titan arum’s unique warming mechanism and putrid scent.

The Geelong Botanic Garden's corpse flower, Amorphophallus titanum, is now in full bloom. Aptly named for its scent, it is known to unleash a pungent smell — likened to a dead animal — when it ...

when the bloom is expected to end. For those who aren’t able to make it in person, the garden also offers a livestream of the corpse flower – which has racked up tens of thousands of views so ...

Instead, crowds saw a 5-foot plant that didn’t smell quite as putrid as they had hoped. The corpse flower, predicted to bloom last week, finally unfurled on Sunday evening, after leaving many ...

The corpse flower is one of the strangest plants on the planet, famous for the hot stench of death it unleashes when in bloom – a rare and short-lived event that lures in as many tourists as it ...

The corpse flower in full bloom at the Geelong Botanic Gardens. Picture: Alison Wynd Thousands of people have made their way to the Geelong Botanic Garden to get a whiff of the rare and foul ...

As suggested in its name, the corpse flower produces a scent similar to that of rotting flesh when it blooms as a way to attract pollinators. Officials said the bloom only lasts for 24-48 hours ...

GEELONG, Australia – This week, visitors to the Geelong Botanic Gardens in southeast Australia got a big whiff of a vile stench over the past couple of days, all stemming from the short-lived bloom of ...